Effects of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on child mortality and vaccination rates: a synthetic control analysis

Table 4 Year fixed effect regression estimates of relationship between CRC adoption and child mortality and vaccination rates

Variables included in regression in year t (except as specified)	Dependent variable in year t + 5
	Infant mortality rate	Under-5 mortality rate	BCG vaccine rate	DTP1 vaccine rate	DTP3 vaccine rate	MCV1 vaccine rate	Polio3 vaccine rate
CRC adoption	−1.15	−2.48	2.31	1.04	2.09	2.14	2.07
Ln (population)	−0.85*	−1.95*	0.96	0.96*	1.36*	1.50*	1.44*
Ln (GDP per capita)	−0.25	− 1.49	4.07***	2.00*	2.46+	3.84**	2.91*
Trade as percent of GDP	−0.00	− 0.00	−0.00	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.02
ODA as percent of GNI	−0.15*	−0.40*	0.21*	0.13	0.15	0.16*	0.14
Polity IV democracy index	− 0.10	− 0.41	0.36+	0.25+	0.39+	0.42*	0.42+
Polity IV durability	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.01
Civil war	−0.18	−0.88	2.02	0.36	1.23	1.93	0.41
International war	−1.56	−3.87	−3.80	− 1.08	0.76	0.88	0.56
Dependent variable	1.57***	1.23***	0.69***	0.66***	0.71***	0.70***	0.69***
Dependent variable in year t - 5	−0.60***	−0.29	− 0.03	0.08	0.12*	0.07	0.09
Country-years	607	607	515	554	554	553	554
R-squared	.98	.97	.61	.64	.72	.67	.71

Note. All regressions include year fixed effects and cluster-robust standard errors. 1990 ≤ t ≤ 1995
+ p < .10; * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001

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