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Table 7 Fixed effects regressions of province-level characteristics with I(2) for children below and beyond 10-years of age

From: Income-related children’s health inequality and health achievement in China

 

Pooled Sample

Below 10-years of age

Beyond 10-years of age

Variable

Coef.

Sig.

Coef.

Sig.

Coef.

Sig.

Age14

-1.974

 

-4.296

*

0.797

 

Primary school enrollments

-0.0001

 

-8.34e-5

 

-2.38e-6

 

Middle school enrollments

-0.0004

*

-0.0007

 

2.3e-4

***

Urbanization rate

-2.729

***

-3.36

**

-2.051

*

LnGDP

-0.236

*

-0.4208

*

0.067

 

Engel Coefficient

0.838

 

0.6873

 

1.741

 

Unemployment rate

0.458

 

1.0450

 

-4.558

 

Health expenditure

-0.002

***

-0.0021

**

-0.0020

***

Health Institutions Density

0.005

 

0.0037

 

0.0077

 

Hospital beds

0.026

 

0.055

 

-0.0105

 

Constant

3.567

**

5.462

*

0.282

 

R2

0.9505

 

0.8611

 

0.9171

 

Hausman-test

chi2(7) =27.96

***

chi2(7) =21.51

**

chi2(7) =20.56

 
  1. Note: Authors calculations from the CHNS data (1989, 19991, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2009).
  2. P < 0.1, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.