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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Socio-economic factors affecting high infant and child mortality rates in selected African countries: does globalisation play any role?

Description

LNINF

LNCM

LNPUH

LNPHY

LNHIV

LNGDP

LNEDU

LNGG

LNGLOB

Mean

3.830

4.206

0.426

−1.959

0.681

23.283

2.304

3.527

3.911

Median

3.960

4.369

0.442

−2.148

0.854

23.026

2.380

3.554

3.917

Maximum

4.718

5.232

1.663

1.040

2.785

26.530

2.728

4.350

4.282

Minimum

2.526

2.674

−0.964

−4.510

−2.303

21.116

1.459

2.615

3.379

Std. Dev.

0.533

0.651

0.563

1.471

1.635

1.293

0.251

0.403

0.176

Skewness

−0.805

−0.810

−0.009

0.449

−0.535

0.790

− 0.845

0.251

− 0.224

Kurtosis

2.964

2.808

2.799

2.124

2.195

2.880

3.403

2.282

3.356

Jarque-Bera

28.732

29.491

0.450

17.463

19.873

27.813

33.453

8.502

3.628

Probability

0.000

0.000

0.798

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.014

0.163

Sum

1018.746

1118.825

113.364

− 521.196

181.235

6193.271

612.847

938.179

1040.340

Sum Sq. Dev.

75.19134

112.1454

84.027

573.461

708.470

442.852

16.707

43.079

8.213

Observations

266

266

266

266

266

266

266

266

266

  1. All the variables are converted into the natural logarithm form