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Table 3 Random effects panel data models of generalized two stage least squares (G2SLS) estimation (parsimonious and extended)

From: Role of information and communication networks in malaria survival

 

Model 1: Telephone

Model 2: TV

 

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 1

Stage 2

Dep. Var. →

Phone

Death ratio

TV

Death ratio

Parsimonious models

Telephone

 

-0.52 (0.149)***

  

TV

   

-0.693 (0.186)***

GDP

0.965 (0.098)***

 

0.446 (0.127)***

 

Urban

0.027 (0.004)***

 

0.038 (0.005)***

 

External res. for health

-0.0039 (0.0029)

0.00002 (0.008)

-0.004 (0.003)

-0.002 (0.008)

Out-of-pocket health expend.

0.0029 (0.0025)

-0.013 (0.007)***

0.01 (0.003)***

-0.006 (0.007)

Constant

-5.59 (0.778)***

-4.51 (0.859)***

-1.67 (1.01)*

-3.84 (0.985)***

N

236

236

221

221

Overall R2

 

0.23

 

0.14

F-stat

0.000

0.0007

0.00

0.0006

Extended models

Telephone

 

-0.483 (0.187)***

  

TV

   

-0.643 (0.212)***

GDP

0.817 (0.095)***

 

0.381 (0.132)***

 

Urban

0.026 (0.004)***

 

0.038 (0.005)***

 

External res. for health

-0.0045 (0.002)*

0.00 (0.008)

-0.004 (0.003)

-0.002 (0.008)

Out-of-pocket health expend.

0.003 (0.002)

-0.013 (0.007)***

0.01 (0.003)***

-0.006 (0.007)

Public health

0.023 (0.033)

0.003 (0.103)

0.019 (0.046)

0.009 (0.108)

Immunization

0.011 (0.002)***

-0.005 (0.006)

0.004 (0.002)***

-0.006 (0.006)

Constant

-5.3 (0.722)***

-4.22 (0.868)***

-1.53 (1.01)

-3.52 (1.01)***

N

236

236

221

221

Overall R2

 

0.23

 

0.16

F-stat

0.00

0.0008

0.00

0.0012

  1. Note: ***, **, * imply significance at 1%, 5% and 10% levels, respectively; numbers in parentheses are the heteroscedasticity-corrected robust standard errors.