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Table 7 Forecast-error variance decomposition test (income group comparison)

From: Health expenditure, child and maternal mortality nexus: a comparative global analysis

Variance decomposition

Impulse variable health expenditure

LY

Response variables

 

LM

Response variables

Period

IMR

MMR

U5MR

Period

IMR

MMR

U5MR

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0.1516875

0.0168

0.083523

2

0.019212

0.006631

0.062427

4

0.1717245

0.0408

0.083659

4

0.022824

0.016638

0.06754

6

0.172093

0.0508

0.083663

6

0.02724

0.020663

0.068715

8

0.1720995

0.005505

0.083663

8

0.030114

0.022065

0.068956

10

0.1721

0.0057

0.083663

10

0.031903

0.02254

0.069006

12

0.1721

0.005795

0.083663

12

0.033052

0.0227

0.069017

HM

Response variables

 

HY

Response variables

 

Period

IMR

MMR

U5MR

Period

IMR

MMR

U5MR

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0.0094175

0.008848

0.014273

2

1.69E-05

0.003191

0.12657

4

0.083379

0.011133

0.046812

2

0.041963

0.019582

0.161816

6

0.102849

0.011687

0.057516

2

0.061122

0.030531

0.213393

8

0.1067585

0.01194

0.062043

8

0.074016

0.047492

0.227842

10

0.1075825

0.012068

0.064321

10

0.082359

0.061703

0.232503

12

0.1077575

0.012136

0.065539

12

0.087124

0.07372

0.23381

  1. Here, GL Global, LY Low-income, LM Lower-middle, HM Higher-middle and HY High-income countries