Table 1 Descriptive statistics of variables of the full sample
From: Health outcome convergence in Africa: the roles of immunization and public health spending
Variables | Mean | Std. Dev | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dependent variables | ||||
 Under-5 mortality rate (U5M) | 90.421 | 43.835 | 14.500 | 224.900 |
 Infant mortality rate (IMR) | 58.376 | 24.767 | 12.500 | 138.100 |
 Life expectancy at birth (LE) | 58.852 | 7.709 | 39.441 | 76.880 |
Independent variables | ||||
 Real GDP per capita (RGDp) | 5316.538 | 5767.766 | 715.454 | 41249.490 |
 Population above 65 year old (POPG65) | 3.378 | 1.398 | 1.871 | 11.999 |
 Population below 15 years old (POPL15) | 41.267 | 6.488 | 17.260 | 50.264 |
 Urban population (URB) (UBPOP) | 42.218 | 16.900 | 8.246 | 89.741 |
 External health expenditure (%of GDP) (EXHE) | .208508 | 0.016 | 0 | 0.537 |
 Trade (TO) | 66.361 | 28.426 | 1.219 | 175.798 |
 People using at least basic sanitation service (BASS) | 36.508 | 23.792 | 4.192 | 96.377 |
 Measles immunization (IMEAS) | 74.164 | 17.972 | 16.000 | 99.000 |
 DPT immunization (IDTP) | 76.545 | 18.636 | 19.000 | 99.000 |
 Domestic general government health exp. (DGGHE) | 7.079 | 3.490 | 0.633 | 18.287 |