Table 2

Generalized two stage least squares (G2SLS) estimation of parsimonious and extended models


Model 1: Telephone
Model 2: TV


Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 1
Stage 2
Dep. Var. →
Phone
Death ratio
TV
Death ratio

Parsimonious models

Telephone

-0.421 (0.119) ***


TV



-0.680 (0.164) ***
GDP
1.141 (0.108) ***

0.468 (0.106) ***

Urban
0.020 (0.004) ***

0.030 (0.004) ***

External res. for health
-0.008 (0.005)
-0.002 (0.009)
-0.023 (0.005)***
-0.019 (0.011)*
Out-of-pocket health expend.
0.003 (0.002)
-0.016 (0.004)***
0.013 (0.002)***
-0.006 (0.004)
Constant
-6.655 (0.935)***
-4.346 (0.641)***
-1.467 (0.928)
-3.451 (0.805)***
N
236
236
221
221
R2
0.73
0.22
0.67
0.14
F-stat
152.96 (0.000)***
10.51 (0.000)***
110.71 (0.000)***
10.51 (0.000)***

Extended models

Telephone

-0.374 (0.199)*


TV



-0.656 (0.207)***
GDP
0.687 (0.096)***

0.251 (0.111)**

Urban
0.020 (0.003)***

0.030 (0.003)***

External res. for health
-0.014 (0.004)
-0.004 (0.011)
-0.025 (0.005)***
-0.022 (0.012)*
Out-of-pocket Health expend.
0.005 (0.002)**
-0.018 (0.004)***
0.012 (0.002)***
-0.008 (0.005)
Public health
0.084 (0.037)**
-0.013 (0.092)
-0.015 (0.045)
-0.006 (0.090)
Immunization
0.026 (0.002)***
-0.011 (0.008)
.0142 (0.003)***
-0.009 (0.006)
Constant
-5.249 (0.755)***
-3.448 (0.555)***
-0.742 (0.883)
-2.679 (0.777)***
N
236
236
221
221
R2
0.83
0.23
0.71
0.16
F-stat
184.12 (0.000)***
13.02 (0.000)***
88.55 (0.000)***
10.71 (0.000)***

Note: ***, **, * imply significance at 1%, 5% and 10% levels, respectively; numbers in parentheses are the heteroscedasticity-corrected robust standard errors.

Mozumder and Marathe Malaria Journal 2007 6:136   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-136

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