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Table 5 Descriptive Statistics

From: Effects of foreign direct investment and trade on the prevalence of tobacco consumption in Africa: a panel study

Variable

Obs

Mean

Std. Dev.

Min

Max

Prevalence of tobacco use

279

16.32

7.698

3.7

34

Tobacco tax

279

42.62

19.27

4.88

85.96

Trade openness

277

.742

.361

.207

2.165

Imports

277

43.917

22.352

10.666

117.154

FDI inflows

279

5.636

11.918

−3.374

103.337

Income

279

2.203

3.347

−12.442

18.066

Education

242

106.754

18.324

62.708

148.23

KOF trade globalisation index

279

46.737

14.015

24.356

84.207

Chinn-Ito index of capital openness

279

−.39

1.394

−1.92

2.334