Table 1.
Descriptive statistics
| Sources | Unit | Obs | MEAN | SD | MIN | MAX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent variables | |||||||
| Children fully vaccinated | GSO | [0,1] | 504 | 0.956 | 0.044 | 0.640 | 1.000 |
| Independent variables | |||||||
| GEOSS over GDP | GSO | (%) | 739 | 8.140 | 5.526 | 0.006 | 34.944 |
| GEOSS on logarithm | GSO | Bill. VND | 731 | 5.560 | 0.986 | 2.460 | 8.000 |
| Control variables | |||||||
| Population on logarithm | GSO | Thous. People | 743 | 7.066 | 0.583 | 5.592 | 9.109 |
| Literacy | GSO | % | 756 | 92.631 | 7.039 | 59.200 | 99.200 |
| Private sector labor share | Le-Van and Tran [34] | % | 716 | 88.327 | 10.305 | 29.790 | 99.281 |
| GRDP per capita on logarithm | GSO | mill. VND | 743 | 3.282 | 0.566 | 2.150 | 5.466 |
| Variables for mechanism tests | |||||||
| Nurse numbers on logarithm | GSO | 1 person | 630 | 6.883 | 0.629 | 4.533 | 9.558 |
| Midwives number on logarithm | GSO | 1 person | 630 | 5.896 | 0.500 | 4.543 | 7.969 |
| Nurse over hospital on logarithm | GSO | person/1 hospital | 630 | 4.223 | 0.411 | 2.037 | 5.646 |
| Nurse over medical station on logarithm | GSO | person/1 station | 629 | 1.846 | 0.496 | -0.209 | 3.783 |
| Midwives over hospital on logarithm | GSO | person/1 hospital | 630 | 3.235 | 0.356 | 2.150 | 4.032 |
| Midwives over medical station on logarithm | GSO | person/1 station | 629 | 0.856 | 0.462 | -0.481 | 2.204 |
| Moderate variables (Female students, Institutional quality, and Infrastructures | |||||||
| Female student on logarithm | GSO | 1 person | 756 | 11.528 | 0.534 | 10.058 | 13.466 |
| Preprimary female student on logarithm | GSO | 1 person | 756 | 10.796 | 0.527 | 9.268 | 12.785 |
| Secondary female student on logarithm | GSO | 1 person | 756 | 10.432 | 0.537 | 8.940 | 12.323 |
| High school female student on logarithm | GSO | 1 person | 756 | 9.794 | 0.632 | 7.881 | 11.721 |
| Business support services | PCIa | [0,10] | 630 | 5.449 | 1.177 | 1.750 | 8.750 |
| Law & Order | PCI | [0,10] | 630 | 5.551 | 1.101 | 2.000 | 7.990 |
| Class numbers on logarithm | GSO | 1 class | 756 | 8.843 | 0.453 | 7.732 | 10.521 |
| School numbers on logarithm | GSO | 1 school | 693 | 6.019 | 0.414 | 5.142 | 7.383 |
| Hospital numbers on logarithm | GSO | 1 hospital | 630 | 0.996 | 0.130 | 0.476 | 1.397 |
| Library number on logarithm | GSO | 1 library | 567 | 2.643 | 0.601 | 1.609 | 5.710 |
| Library book numbers on logarithm | GSO | 1 book | 554 | 5.607 | 0.652 | 2.797 | 8.202 |
| Magazine office on logarithm | GSO | 1 office | 630 | 1.471 | 0.798 | 0.693 | 6.480 |
| External instrumental variable | |||||||
| Balance tax sources from the central government and targeted tax revenues on logarithm | Ministry of Finance | Mill. VND | 630 | 16.310 | 0.557 | 15.185 | 18.857 |
Source: Authors. Vaccination data is available from 2010 to 2019, excluding 2011 and 2012, which gives a maximum of 504 observations. Other datasets begin in 2008, allowing for up to 756 observations in total