Economic Activity and Child Mortality in 66 Low-Income Countries, 1980-2010

1980 to 2010 longitudinal data from 66 low-income countries, with 1,497 country-year observations. The dataset examines interrelationships among economic characteristics, ecological footprints, CO2 emissions, infant mortality, and under-5 mortality rates. It was compiled by Ying-Chih Chuang from sources including World Development Indicators and the Global Footprint Network.

Use Cases

• Model the relationship between economic activities and infant mortality rates across sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and other regions.
• Analyze how export intensity and foreign investment correlate with under-5 mortality rates in different geographic regions.
• Investigate the association between CO2 emissions and ecological footprints with economic characteristics like export intensity.
• Examine regional variations in how the percentage of exports to high-income countries relates to ecological footprints.

Strengths

• Contains 1,497 country-year observations providing longitudinal coverage.
• Spans a 30-year time range (1980-2010) across 66 low-income countries.
• Integrates data from multiple authoritative sources including UN Commodity Trade Statistics and Polity IV Project.

Limitations

• Data represents country-level averages, lacking individual or sub-national granularity.
• Temporal coverage ends in 2010, limiting analysis of recent trends.
• Analysis is restricted to low-income countries, limiting generalizability to other economic contexts.

Provenance

Source

World Development Indicators, UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database, Global Footprint Network, Polity IV Project.

Collection Method

Aggregated from cited international databases for a longitudinal ecological study.

Time Range

1980 to 2010.

Freshness

Last updated in June 2020.

Geography

66 low-income countries, analyzed separately by sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and other regions.