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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of continuous variables

From: A cross-country comparison of malaria policy as a premise for contextualized appropriation of foreign aid in global health

Variable

Units

N

Mean

SD

Minimum

Maximum

Land area

Log of km2

215

4.72

1.31

0.30

7.22

Latitude of country centroid

Absolute degree

164

27.35

17.78

0.42

74.70

Elevation above sea level

Mean metres

164

626.92

560.98

9.17

3185.92

Population size

Log

215

6.59

1.06

4.05

9.13

Population density

Log

195

1.9

0.62

0.29

4.41

Urban population

Proportion

215

0.6

0.24

0.12

1.00

Population within 100 km of coast

Proportion

164

0.43

0.36

0.00

1.00

GDP per capita PPP

Log of US$

192

4.07

0.5

2.9

5.06

Total GDP PPP

Log of millions US$

192

10.79

1.04

7.62

13.28

Total health expenditure per capita PPP

Log of international dollars

185

2.83

0.57

1.47

3.99

Government health to total government expenditure

Proportion

186

3.56

2.34

0.37

13.06

Official development assistance received per capita

Current US$

139

124.24

318.11

− 2.34

3034.15

Openness (Sachs&Warner)

–

139

0.25

0.40

0.00

1.00

ICRG index

–

98

5.68

2.26

2.27

9.98

HDI

–

188

0.69

0.15

0.35

0.94

Malaria incidence

Per 1000 population at risk

105

96.03

129.49

0.05

460.90

Plasmodium vivax species

Proportion

105

0.27

0.37

0.00

1.00

Global Fund funding for malaria control per capitaa

US$

90

0.88

1.82

-0.07

14.85

PMI USAID funding for malaria control per capitaa

US$

90

0.27

0.55

0.00

3.10

World Bank funding for malaria control per capitaa

US$

91

0.01

0.03

− 0.01

0.20

United Kingdom development funding for malaria control per capitaa

US$

90

0.04

0.20

0.00

1.29

Government funding for malaria control per capitaa

US$

70

0.80

2.98

0.00

24.89

UNICEF funding for malaria control per capitaa

US$

61

0.03

0.13

0.00

1.04

Policy score 1

–

93

0.08

0.40

− 0.69

0.82

Policy score 2

–

93

0.73

0.39

− 0.47

1.44

Policy score 3

–

93

− 0.18

0.40

− 0.87

0.92

Policy score 4

–

93

1.02

0.39

− 0.05

1.84

  1. GDP Gross domestic product, Global Fund Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, HDI Human Development Index NMCP National Malaria Control Programme, ICRG International Country Risk Guide, PMI United States President's Malaria Initiative, PPP purchasing power parity, SD standard deviation, UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund, USAID United States Agency for International Development, log common logarithm
  2. aFunding for malaria control (except for UNICEF) as reported by donors
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