Table 1 |
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Descriptive statistics for the dependent and independent variables |
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| Variable |
Definition |
Obs. |
Mean |
Std dev. |
Min |
Max |
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| Malaria death ratio |
Log of the odds of malaria death ratio |
450 |
0.0029 |
0.0063 |
0.00001 |
0.083 |
| Telephone |
Log of the number of telephone main lines per 1,000 people |
4910 |
3.81 |
1.87 |
-2.12 |
6.97 |
| TV |
Log of the number of TV sets per 1,000 people |
4293 |
4.43 |
1.73 |
-2.97 |
6.99 |
| GDP |
Log of per capita GDP (in constant 2,000 PPP $) |
4092 |
8.43 |
1.10 |
6.13 |
11.06 |
| Urban |
Urban population (% of total) |
8175 |
47.49 |
25.35 |
2.21 |
100 |
| External resources for health |
External resources for health (% of total expend. on health) |
813 |
8.45 |
12.44 |
0 |
67.1 |
| Out of pocket health Expenditure |
Out-of-pocket health expend.(% of pvt. expend. on health) |
834 |
82.05 |
21.59 |
7 |
100 |
| Public health expend. |
Public health expend. (as % of GDP) |
832 |
3.58 |
1.88 |
0.25 |
9.73 |
| Immunization |
DPT immunization (% of children 12–23 months) |
3550 |
73.85 |
25.27 |
1 |
99 |
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Mozumder and Marathe Malaria Journal 2007 6:136 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-136 |
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