Table 3.

Correlation of the explanatory variables used in the corruption model

VariablesPREVAACORTEGENDAGEEXP
Panel A: Correlation coefficient matrix
PREV 1.000000     
AACOR 0.2410 1.000000    
TE 0.0363 0.0360 1.000000   
GEND−0.0117 0.0353−0.0385 1.000000  
AGE−0.1401−0.0655 0.1796−0.0177 1.000000 
EXP−0.1234−0.2520 0.2156−0.0234 0.6321 1.000000
Panel B: Variance inflation factor (VIF)
 VIFTolerance (1/VIF)  
EXP1.840.542  
AGE1.720.582  
AACOR1.150.866  
PREV1.080.923  
TE1.060.939  
GEND1.000.997  
Mean VIF1.31   
Note(s):

PREV is the preventive measures, AACOR is the actions against corruption, TE is the training and ethics, GEND is gender, AGE is age group and EXP is experience

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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