Explaining the diminishing of Muslim advantage in child survival in India

Genus

Journal of Population Sciences

Table 5 Absolute and conditional β-convergence analyses of SES and MCH scores across Hindus and Muslims in India

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	Annual rate of change during1992 to 2016
Variables	U5MR	SES score	MCH score	U5MR
U5MR 1992–1993	− 0.0002* (0.009)			− 0.0021* (0.011)
SES score _1992–1993		− 0.443* (0.220)		− 0.663* (0.748)
MCH score _1992–1993			− 1.502*** (0.132)	0.108** (0.628)
Constant	− 3.65*** (0.935)	1.871*** (0.407)	3.951*** (0.203)	− 2.96** (1.273)
Observations	38	38	38	38
R-squared	0.286	0.101	0.782	0.24

Model 1–3 are absolute β-Convergence models, model 4 is conditional β-Convergence model
Standard errors in parentheses
^***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1