Table 6 List of variables and countries
From: Health expenditure convergence and the roles of trade and governance in Africa
Variables | Description | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|
Panel A: List of variables and description | |||
Health expenditure variables | |||
GGHE/GE | Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | WDI database | |
DGHEp | Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) | WDI database | |
Explanatory variables | |||
URB | Urban population (% of total population) | WDI database | |
POP < 15 | Population ages 0–14 (% of total) | WDI database | |
POP ≥ 65 | Population ages 65 and above (% of total) | WDI database | |
RQ | Regulatory Quality | WGI database | |
RL | Rule of Law | WGI database | |
GE | Government Effectiveness | WGI database | |
PSAVT | Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism | WGI database | |
CC | Control of Corruption | WGI database | |
VA | Voice and Accountability | WGI database | |
EXHE | External health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) | WDI database | |
RGDPp | GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $) | WDI database | |
TRD | Trade (% of GDP) | WDI database | |
HIV | Incidence of HIV, all (per 1,000 uninfected population) | WDI database | |
TB | Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) | WDI database | |
IMR | Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) | WDI database | |
LE | Life expectancy at birth, total (years) | WDI database | |
SAN | People using at least basic sanitation service (% of population) | WDI database | |
NET | Individual using the internet (% of population) | WDI database | |
CEL | Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) | WDI database | |
Panel B: List of countries | |||
Algeria | Guinea | Togo | |
Angola | Guinea-Bissau | Tunisia | |
Benin | Kenya | Uganda | |
Botswana | Madagascar | Zambia | |
Burkina Faso | Mali | ||
Burundi | Mauritania | ||
Cameroon | Mauritius | ||
Cabo Verde | Morocco | ||
Central Afr. Rep | Namibia | ||
Chad | Niger | ||
Comoros | Nigeria | ||
Congo, Dem. Rep | Rwanda | ||
Congo, Rep | Senegal | ||
Cote d’Ivoire | Sierra Leone | ||
Equatorial Guinea | South Africa | ||
Gabon | Sudan | ||
The Gambia | Swaziland | ||
Ghana | Tanzania | ||