Summarized by Masters of Longevity from Frontiers - Health.
This article examines how education, spending, governance, and urban change relate to longevity in South Asia, offering a data-driven regional analysis to inform policy curiosity.
Key Takeaways
- Higher education attainment and adult literacy are positively and significantly associated with longer life expectancy in the panel models.
- GDP per capita shows a positive and significant association with life expectancy across the region.
- Health expenditure’s association with life expectancy is positive but sensitive to model specification, while governance and urbanization showed negative coefficients in estimated models.
