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Table 1 Summary statistics for U5MR and MMR models

From: Country progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: adjusting for socioeconomic factors reveals greater progress and new challenges

Under 5 Mortality rate model

Original data from 144 countries

Imputed data from 144 countries

Year

Obs.

Mean

Std. Dev

Obs.

Mean

Std. Dev

Under 5 mortality rate (U5MR)

3001

68.6

58.8

3001

68.6

58.8

1990-2011

GDP per capita

3001

1955.5

2046.6

3001

1955-5

2046-6

1990-2011

Log kilowatt hours per capita

1878

6.6

1.4

3001

6.3

1.4

1990-2011

Percent urban

3001

46.0

20.4

3001

46.0

20.4

1990-2011

Log 5 year lag gov. health expenditure

      

1990-2011

Per capita

1678

4.2

1.2

3001

3.9

1.2

 

Log odds girls primary school enrollment

1266

1.9

1.4

3001

1.8

1.3

1990-2011

Log odds of having clean water

2701

1.8

1.5

3001

1.8

1.5

1990-2011

Log odds of measles vaccine

2946

1.8

1.4

3001

1.8

1.4

1990-2011

Doctors per 100,000 sq. root

1146

10.2

6.2

3001

8.6

5.5

1990-2011

Control of corruption score

1812

−0.4

0.6

3001

−0.4

0.5

1996-2011*

Maternal mortality rate model

Original data from 116 countries

Imputed data from 116 countries

Years

Obs.

Mean

Std. Dev

Obs.

Mean

Std. Dev

Maternal mortality ratio (MMR)

339

235.6

287.0

339

235.6

287.0

1990-2011

GDP per capita

339

2067.1

2135.6

339

2067.1

2135.6

1990-2011

Control of corruption score

289

−0.4

0.6

339

−0.4

0.6

1996-2011*

Log odd skill birth attendant (SBA)

200

1.9

2.1

339

2.0

1.9

1990-2011

Total fertility rate (TFR) sq. root

339

1.8

0.4

339

1.8

0.4

1990-2011

Gini coefficient

114

45.8

9.0

339

44.7

7.9

1990-2011