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Table 2 Child mortality in post-conflict countries

From: Comprehensive peace agreement implementation and reduction in neonatal, infant and under-5 mortality rates in post-armed conflict states, 1989–2012

 

Neonatal

Infant

Under-5

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

CPA implementation ratet-1

−0.003***

−0.001***

−0.001*

−0.004***

−0.002***

−0.001**

−0.005***

−0.002***

−0.002**

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.001)

War duration in months

0.000

 

0.000

0.000

 

0.000

0.000

 

−0.000

 

(0.000)

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

 

(0.000)

Cumulative deaths in conflict × 1000

−0.017***

 

−0.010***

−0.021***

 

−0.011***

−0.023***

 

−0.012***

 

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.003)

Territorial Conflict

0.031

−0.041

−0.051

0.047

−0.034

−0.065

0.071*

−0.017

−0.051

 

(0.024)

(0.026)

(0.033)

(0.030)

(0.032)

(0.042)

(0.033)

(0.036)

(0.047)

Rebel victoryt-1

 

0.197***

0.195***

 

0.308***

0.306***

 

0.358***

0.357***

  

(0.047)

(0.053)

 

(0.058)

(0.066)

 

(0.065)

(0.074)

Government victoryt-1

 

−0.031

−0.036

 

−0.031

−0.041

 

−0.031

−0.044

  

(0.030)

(0.028)

 

(0.037)

(0.035)

 

(0.041)

(0.040)

Peace accordt-1

 

0.033

0.007

 

0.052

0.016

 

0.044

−0.005

  

(0.022)

(0.023)

 

(0.028)

(0.029)

 

(0.031)

(0.032)

Ongoing conflictt-1

 

0.091***

0.053***

 

0.117***

0.069***

 

0.134***

0.081***

  

(0.015)

(0.016)

 

(0.019)

(0.020)

 

(0.021)

(0.022)

GDP per capita in 1000 (2005)t-1

 

−0.079***

−0.091***

 

−0.091***

−0.104***

 

−0.093***

−0.106***

  

(0.005)

(0.006)

 

(0.006)

(0.007)

 

(0.007)

(0.008)

Executive Constraintt-1

 

−0.127***

−0.091***

 

−0.151***

−0.111***

 

−0.178***

−0.128***

  

(0.019)

(0.019)

 

(0.023)

(0.023)

 

(0.026)

(0.026)

Primary enrollment (100,000)t-1

 

−0.001***

−0.001**

 

−0.002***

−0.001***

 

−0.002***

−0.002***

  

(0.000)

(0.000)

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

First 5 years of peace

  

0.063***

  

0.082***

  

0.095***

   

(0.012)

  

(0.014)

  

(0.016)

Health Exp.(% Govt. Spending)t-1

  

−0.001

  

−0.001

  

−0.002

   

(0.002)

  

(0.002)

  

(0.002)

Constant

3.370***

3.376***

3.505***

4.063***

4.062***

4.211***

4.395***

4.387***

4.550***

 

(0.025)

(0.028)

(0.041)

(0.031)

(0.034)

(0.050)

(0.035)

(0.038)

(0.057)

Observations

1343

997

859

1351

997

859

1351

997

859

Groups

73

70

70

73

70

70

73

70

70

F-Stat

79.99

56.75

41.89

87.41

57.69

40.67

89.30

56.53

38.71

Probability > F

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

  1. Mortality Rate is in 1000 live births (logged)
  2. Estimation in fixed effects (within) regression. Standard errors in parentheses
  3. CPA Comprehensive peace agreement, GDP Gross domestic product
  4. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001