Table 1 Variables employed in the estimations
Variable | Definition | Data source |
|---|---|---|
Family planning, coverage | The percentage of total demand for family planning among married or in-union women aged 15–49 years | World Health Organization |
Antenatal care, coverage | Percentage of women attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy. | World Bank |
DTP3, coverage | The percentage of 1-year-olds who have received three doses of combined diphtheria, tetanus toxoid and pertussis vaccine in a given year | World Health Organization |
Measles, coverage | The percentage of children less than 1 year who have received at least one dose of measles-containing vaccine in a given year | World Health Organization |
Tuberculosis, coverage | Tuberculosis effective treatment = Case detection rate (all forms) · Treatment success rate for all new cases | World Health Organization |
Sanitation, Coverage | Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal facilities ranging from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection | World Health Organization |
Hospital beds | Total number of beds per 1000 population. Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centres | World Health Organization |
Physicians | Total number of physicians per 1000 population | World Health Organization |
IFF | IFFS are illegal movements of money or capital in current US$ from one country to another. The illegal capital outflows stem from crime, corruption, tax evasion, and other illicit activity. Current US $. | Global Financial Integrity |
Trade | Total trade, in current US$ | World Trade Organization |
IFFT | (IFF / Trade) · 100 | Authors |
GDPpc | GDP per capita, in constant 2011 international $ | World Bank |
GIR, 1st grade of primary education, female | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age | United Nations |
Urban population | Percentage of people living in urban areas, as defined by national statistical offices | United Nations |
Births attended | Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) | World Bank |
CPI | Corruption Perceptions Index, values from 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (clean country) | Transparency International |
Density | Population density (people per km2) | United Nations |
Dependency | Dependency ratio is the ratio (in %) of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64 years) to the working-age population (those aged 15–64 years). | World Bank |
Literacy | Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people aged 15 years or more who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. | United Nations |
Labour force participation rate, female | The female labour force as a percentage of the total shows the extent to which women are active in the labour force. Labour force comprises people aged 15 years or more who supply labour for the production of goods and services during a specified period | World Bank |
Population | Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. | United Nations |
EAP | EAP equals 1 for the countries that belong to the East Asia & Pacific region, and equals 0 otherwise. | Authors |
ECA | ECA equals 1 for the countries that belong to the Europe & Central Asia region, and equals 0 otherwise. | Authors |
LAC | LAC equals 1 for the countries that belong to the Latin America & Caribbean region, and equals 0 otherwise. | Authors |
MENA | MENA equals 1 for the countries that belong to the Middle East & North Africa region, and equals 0 otherwise. | Authors |
SA | SA equals 1 for the countries that belong to the South Asia region, and equals 0 otherwise. | Authors |
SSA | SSA equals 1 for the countries that belong to the Sub-Saharan Africa region, and equals 0 otherwise. | Authors |