Table 2.

Summary statistics and pairwise correlations among key variables (number of observations=565).

Variables	Value, mean (SD)	Value, range	ln(AIRTIME)	DOCTOREXPERT	GOVTEXPERT	POSITIVE	NEGATIVE	NEUTRAL	MIXED	March	April	May	July	August	October
ln(AIRTIME)	5.13 (1.00)	1.39-8.15	1.00	—a	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DOCTOREXPERT	0.63 (0.48)	0-1	−0.14	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
GOVTEXPERT	0.11 (0.32)	0-1	0.16	−0.14	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
POSITIVE	0.16 (0.18)	0-0.94	0.21	0.02	0.25	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NEGATIVE	0.29 (0.23)	0-0.97	−0.07	−0.06	−0.16	−0.54	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NEUTRAL	0.33 (0.21)	0-0.98	−0.16	−0.09	0.03	−0.05	−0.37	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MIXED	0.21 (0.21)	0-0.93	0.05	0.13	−0.07	−0.22	−0.25	−0.55	1.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
March	0.18 (0.38)	0-1	0.16	−0.01	0.24	0.27	−0.30	0.08	0.01	−0.53	1.00	—	—	—	—
April	0.30 (0.46)	0-1	−0.01	0.12	−0.02	0.03	−0.04	0.03	−0.01	−0.39	−0.31	1.00	—	—	—
May	0.27 (0.44)	0-1	−0.11	−0.11	−0.18	−0.13	0.17	0.00	−0.07	−0.02	−0.28	−0.40	1.00	—	—
July	0.08 (0.27)	0-1	−0.20	0.02	0.08	−0.02	0.03	−0.06	0.05	0.32	−0.14	−0.19	−0.18	1.00	—
August	0.15 (0.36)	0-1	0.14	−0.01	−0.06	−0.18	0.19	−0.12	0.07	0.69	−0.20	−0.28	−0.26	−0.13	1.00
October	0.02 (0.14)	0-1	0.02	−0.06	−0.05	0.03	−0.06	0.08	−0.05	0.40	−0.07	−0.10	−0.09	−0.04	−0.06

^aNot applicable.