Table 2. Descriptive statistics VARIABLE...

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics

VARIABLE	Obs.	Mean	Std. dev.	Min.	Max.
All sampled SSA countries
POVS	588	0.0810	0.0733	−0.0245	0.3615
GINI	588	0.4512	0.0817	0.2981	0.6512
GDPC	588	0.0155	0.0417	−0.3678	0.1384
ECP	588	0.6670	0.1085	0.4549	0.8835
DFSP	588	4.6819	4.5012	0.2296	39.2120
FSB	588	−0.0232	0.0481	−0.1784	0.2821
GQ	588	−0.5119	0.6166	−1.7065	0.8757
Central Africa
POVS	126	0.1066	0.0820	0.0125	0.2841
GINI	126	0.4707	0.0582	0.3329	0.5878
GDPC	126	0.0080	0.0547	−0.3678	0.1119
ECP	126	0.7214	0.0712	0.5284	0.8300
DFSP	126	6.4052	5.7349	1.0260	30.5079
FSB	126	−0.0245	0.0501	−0.1378	0.1691
GQ	126	−1.0425	0.3759	−1.7065	0.0074
Eastern Africa
POVS	147	0.0779	0.0881	−0.0001	0.3615
GINI	147	0.3891	0.0433	0.2981	0.4744
GDPC	147	0.0218	0.0379	−0.1496	0.1036
ECP	147	0.7203	0.1310	0.4815	0.8835
DFSP	147	6.0276	5.7010	1.3668	39.2120
FSB	147	−0.0307	0.0221	−0.1095	0.0077
GQ	147	−0.5837	0.6543	−1.6660	0.8757
Eastern Africa
POVS	126	0.0569	0.0474	−0.0245	0.2084
GINI	126	0.5602	0.0645	0.4206	0.6512
GDPC	126	0.0177	0.0383	−0.1589	0.1088
ECP	126	0.6390	0.0843	0.5413	0.8319
DFSP	126	2.2825	2.4358	0.2296	15.7172
FSB	126	−0.0101	0.0656	−0.1781	0.2821
GQ	126	0.0263	0.4406	−0.8749	0.8652
Western Africa
POVS	189	0.0954	0.0658	0.0026	0.3080
GINI	189	0.4138	0.0417	0.3079	0.5925
GDPC	189	0.0140	0.0357	−0.1560	0.1384
ECP	189	0.6081	0.0845	0.4549	0.7772
DFSP	189	4.0858	2.1417	1.0709	10.7129
FSB	189	−0.0253	0.0465	−0.1784	0.2778
GQ	189	−0.4612	0.4920	−1.4406	0.5875

VARIABLE	Obs.	Mean	Std. dev.	Min.	Max.
All sampled SSA countries
POVS	588	0.0810	0.0733	−0.0245	0.3615
GINI	588	0.4512	0.0817	0.2981	0.6512
GDPC	588	0.0155	0.0417	−0.3678	0.1384
ECP	588	0.6670	0.1085	0.4549	0.8835
DFSP	588	4.6819	4.5012	0.2296	39.2120
FSB	588	−0.0232	0.0481	−0.1784	0.2821
GQ	588	−0.5119	0.6166	−1.7065	0.8757
Central Africa
POVS	126	0.1066	0.0820	0.0125	0.2841
GINI	126	0.4707	0.0582	0.3329	0.5878
GDPC	126	0.0080	0.0547	−0.3678	0.1119
ECP	126	0.7214	0.0712	0.5284	0.8300
DFSP	126	6.4052	5.7349	1.0260	30.5079
FSB	126	−0.0245	0.0501	−0.1378	0.1691
GQ	126	−1.0425	0.3759	−1.7065	0.0074
Eastern Africa
POVS	147	0.0779	0.0881	−0.0001	0.3615
GINI	147	0.3891	0.0433	0.2981	0.4744
GDPC	147	0.0218	0.0379	−0.1496	0.1036
ECP	147	0.7203	0.1310	0.4815	0.8835
DFSP	147	6.0276	5.7010	1.3668	39.2120
FSB	147	−0.0307	0.0221	−0.1095	0.0077
GQ	147	−0.5837	0.6543	−1.6660	0.8757
Eastern Africa
POVS	126	0.0569	0.0474	−0.0245	0.2084
GINI	126	0.5602	0.0645	0.4206	0.6512
GDPC	126	0.0177	0.0383	−0.1589	0.1088
ECP	126	0.6390	0.0843	0.5413	0.8319
DFSP	126	2.2825	2.4358	0.2296	15.7172
FSB	126	−0.0101	0.0656	−0.1781	0.2821
GQ	126	0.0263	0.4406	−0.8749	0.8652
Western Africa
POVS	189	0.0954	0.0658	0.0026	0.3080
GINI	189	0.4138	0.0417	0.3079	0.5925
GDPC	189	0.0140	0.0357	−0.1560	0.1384
ECP	189	0.6081	0.0845	0.4549	0.7772
DFSP	189	4.0858	2.1417	1.0709	10.7129
FSB	189	−0.0253	0.0465	−0.1784	0.2778
GQ	189	−0.4612	0.4920	−1.4406	0.5875

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See methodology section for the definitions of variables

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