Table 2 Descriptive statistics for study variables from 1990 to 1995
Variable | Country-years | Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dependent variables: | |||||
 Infant mortality rate | 984 | 54.7 | 38.5 | 6.2 | 171.2 |
 Under-5 mortality rate | 984 | 80.4 | 67.6 | 7.4 | 328.2 |
 BCG vaccine rate | 828 | 84.5 | 17.4 | 12 | 99 |
 DTP1 vaccine rate | 901 | 88.0 | 13.8 | 31 | 99 |
 DTP3 vaccine rate | 901 | 75.9 | 20.9 | 10 | 99 |
 MCV1 vaccine rate | 895 | 75.0 | 19.5 | 12 | 99 |
 Polio3 vaccine rate | 901 | 76.5 | 21.0 | 8 | 99 |
Independent variable: | |||||
 CRC adoption | 940 | 0.72 | 0.45 | 0 | 1 |
Control variables: | |||||
 Ln (population) | 935 | 15.3 | 2.1 | 9.1 | 20.9 |
 Ln (GDP per capita) | 851 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 10.2 |
 Trade as percent of GDP | 803 | 73.7 | 40.0 | 0.1 | 355.0 |
 ODA as percent of GNI | 722 | 10.6 | 16.0 | 0 | 242.3 |
 Polity IV democracy index | 814 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 |
 Polity IV durability | 814 | 13.5 | 16.9 | 0 | 88 |
 Civil war | 944 | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0 | 1 |
 International war | 944 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 |
Instruments: | |||||
 Simmons ratification hurdles index | 563 | 1.75 | 0.63 | 0 | 3 |
 DPI federalism index | 828 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 |
 Prior ICESCR adoption | 944 | 0.60 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 |
 Prior CEDAW adoption | 944 | 0.65 | 0.48 | 0 | 1 |
 Prior regional CRC adoption percent | 944 | 0.55 | 0.32 | 0 | 1 |