The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Health Outcomes: A Mediating Effect Analysis Based on Cross-National Panel Data

Table 7

Mediated effect result overview.

Dependent variables	Under-five mortality rate		Adolescent fertility rate
Mediating variables	ICT social impact		ICT social impact
Independent variables	ICT environment	ICT usage	ICT environment	ICT usage
Sobel Z	−1.801	−1.855	−1.654	−1.695
Sobel value	0.07163448	0.06357	0.09814432	0.09001181
Goodman-1 Z	−1.769	−1.834	−1.624	−1.676
Goodman-1 value	0.07687708	0.06662993	0.10447248	0.09375428
Goodman-2 Z	−1.836	−1.877	−1.686	−1.715
Goodman-2 value	0.06641567	0.06052563	0.09178463	0.08626387
Proportion of total effect that is mediated	0.09574541	0.0518865	0.09248442	0.07066528