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Investigating the Role of Social Determinants in Child Mortality and Life Expectancy: Longitudinal Analysis of 200 Countries from 1990 to 2021

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  • Myung-Bae Park

    (Yonsei University)

  • Byung-Deog Hwang

    (Catholic University of Pusan)

  • Young-Hee Nam

    (Namseoul University)

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Longitudinal studies on the social determinants of health (SDH) from a global perspective, including developing countries, are still scarce. This study aimed to examine the associations between major SDH, the child mortality rate (CMR), and life expectancy (LE) according to socioeconomic status (SES), physical environment, health-related behaviors, and healthcare services. Data from 200 countries from 1990 to 2021 were included. The associations between CMR, LE, and SDH were analyzed using fixed-effect regression, and sub-group analyses by high income (HI) and non-HI countries for all analyses. CMR and LE were on the decline, but gaps persisted between HI and non-HI countries. Large intra-group gaps existed in CMR in non-HI countries. Education correlated negatively with CMR in both HI and non-HI countries and positively with LE only in non-HI countries (coef.=0.069, p

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  • Myung-Bae Park & Byung-Deog Hwang & Young-Hee Nam, 2024. "Investigating the Role of Social Determinants in Child Mortality and Life Expectancy: Longitudinal Analysis of 200 Countries from 1990 to 2021," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 17(4), pages 1871-1889, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:17:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s12187-024-10142-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-024-10142-5
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