Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis

Table 3 Estimates of association between mine exposure and child mortality indicators using the main specifications

Interaction (proximity*active)$	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Interaction (proximity*active)$	Under-five mortality (0–59 months)	Neonatal mortality (0–30 days)	Post-neonatal mortality (1–11 months)	Child mortality (12–59 months)
Crude model†	0.78	0.55**	1.11	0.86
Crude model†	(0.58–1.04)	(0.36–0.83)	(0.69–1.80)	(0.52–1.43)
Observations	90,951	90,951	88,252	85,938
Adjusted model‡	0.88	0.55**	1.22	1.17
Adjusted model‡	(0.68–1.14)	(0.37–0.83)	(0.81–1.86)	(0.75–1.82)
Observations	90,056	89,812	87,281	82,558

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01
$ - interaction term between clusters’ proximity (0–10 km) and the mine activity status at childbirth year; † − model including interaction term only; ‡ − model adjusted for gender, twin births, birth order, number of children ever born to mother, maternal age, maternal education, residence, wealth index, mine, and birth year
The treatment group corresponds to children born within 10 km from active mines. The reference group (control) are children born within a distance radius of 10 km before mine activation and those born 10–50 km away regardless of mine activity status
The estimates are relative to the year of childbirth using logistic regression models. The reported estimates are crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR), and the 95% confidence intervals (CIs) are shown in parentheses and are clustered at the survey-cluster level

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