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Table 3 Robustness checks (tuberculosis models)

From: Sustainable thresholds, health outcomes, health expenditures and education nexus in selected African countries: quadratic and moderation modelling

Variables

PSCC-OLS

PSCC-FE

Quadratic Models

Moderation Models

Quadratic Models

Moderation Models

lnMAT [1]

lnCHD [2]

lnLEX [3]

lnMAT [4]

lnCHD [5]

lnLEX [6]

lnMAT [7]

lnCHD [8]

lnLEX [9]

lnMAT [10]

lnCHD [11]

lnLEX [12]

lnHEXPC

0.536*** (7.740)

− 0.0468 (− 1.265)

0.0303*** (3.553)

0.143*** (5.652)

− 0.0132 (− 0.524)

− 0.0145*** (− 3.600)

−0.209*** (− 5.918)

−0.171*** (− 3.615)

0.0262 (1.365)

− 0.113*** (− 4.414)

− 0.0982*** (− 2.945)

0.00251 (0.212)

lnEDU

0.198* (2.013)

−0.489*** (− 11.66)

0.0631*** (5.650)

2.290*** (13.92)

0.101 (0.731)

−0.114*** (− 3.476)

− 0.462*** (− 6.615)

−0.853*** (− 10.20)

0.0672*** (3.169)

− 1.320*** (− 6.762)

− 1.365*** (− 6.728)

0.0516 (0.485)

lnICT

− 0.242*** (− 8.614)

− 0.122*** (− 6.810)

0.0236*** (7.115)

− 0.285*** (− 8.962)

−0.144*** (− 7.418)

0.0327*** (7.795)

− 0.0618*** (− 8.036)

−0.0100 (− 1.055)

0.00970*** (3.428)

− 0.0492*** (− 5.848)

−0.00361 (− 0.314)

0.0118** (2.761)

lnHCON

0.166*** (5.637)

−0.311*** (− 22.59)

− 0.0657*** (− 7.280)

0.0887*** (4.196)

−0.324*** (− 22.01)

−0.0636*** (− 7.553)

−0.0572 (− 0.821)

−0.0473* (− 1.770)

0.0276** (2.100)

− 0.0708 (− 0.964)

−0.0528* (− 1.816)

0.0231** (2.189)

lnTUB

0.266*** (35.29)

0.206*** (62.44)

−0.0673*** (−20.65)

0.233*** (48.53)

0.200*** (60.18)

−0.0659*** (−20.94)

− 0.0487 (− 1.649)

0.0656*** (5.640)

−0.0605*** (− 3.699)

−0.0330 (− 0.932)

0.0751*** (5.970)

−0.0603*** (− 4.290)

lnTFP

− 0.00152 (− 0.0177)

−0.00310 (− 0.104)

−0.0146 (− 0.942)

0.0269 (0.383)

0.0119 (0.407)

− 0.0207 (− 1.313)

0.0402 (0.813)

−0.0191 (− 1.446)

−0.00830 (− 0.527)

0.0358 (0.734)

−0.0237* (− 1.929)

−0.00513 (− 0.326)

lnHEXPCSQ

− 0.0984*** (− 11.21)

−0.00820* (− 1.806)

−0.00227* (− 1.952)

   

0.0292*** (5.965)

0.0197*** (3.929)

−0.00323 (−1.131)

   

lnHEXPC*lnEDU

   

−0.580*** (−19.86)

− 0.145*** (− 4.615)

0.0388*** (6.385)

   

0.181*** (5.290)

0.107*** (3.617)

0.00392 (0.200)

Threshold

2.72

NA

6.67

0.25

NA

0.37

3.58

4.34

NA

0.62

0.92

NA

Constant

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Year Dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

525

525

525

525

525

525

525

525

525

525

525

525

R-squared

0.769

0.689

0.709

0.776

0.697

0.715

      

Countries

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

F-Statistic

6992

5364

17,567

1606

6760

1203

1282

1855

2118

56.08

204.2

364.1

  1. Source: Authors’ Calculations
  2. ln Natural logarithm, MAT Maternal mortality, CHD Child mortality, LEX Life expectancy at birth, HEXPC Health expenditures per capita, EDUC Education, ICT Internet users, HCON Household consumption, TUB People with tuberculosis, TFP Total factor productivity
  3. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1; t-statistics in parentheses