Table 3.
Descriptive statistics (mean, maximum and minimum) of the dependent and independent variables by WHO regions
| WHO Regions | ||||||
| Variables | AFR | AMR | SEAR | EUR | EMR | WPR |
| HIV prevalence rate (Y) | 5.309(.10, 25.90) | .880(.10,3.10) | .348(.05, 1.3) | .239(0, 1.2) | .253(0, 2.3) | .274(.05,1.5) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate (X1) |
29.659(3.00, 76) | 62.97(32, 81) | 52.182(22, 80) | 63.309(14, 89) | 42.579(8, 79) | 48.909(21, 85) |
| Physicians density (X2) | 2.563(.10, 18.8) | 16.54(3.7, 64) | 5.764(.2, 19.7) |
31.949(11.5, 60.4) |
14.516(2.1, 35.4) |
11.987(.5, 29.9) |
| Proportion of Muslim population (X3) |
28.48(.10, 99.1) | .812(.1, 7.2) | 47.945(2.3, 103.4) |
17.648(.1, 99.2) |
90.353(59.3, 99.7) |
12.196(.1, 98.2) |
| Adolescent fertility rate (X4) |
103.28(7.3, 207.1) | 64.371 (14,1127) |
28.8(.1, 98.4) |
19.216(4.6, 44.7) |
35.516(3.2, 118.7) |
28.587(2.3, 70.3) |
| Mean year of schooling | 4.735(1.2, 9.4) | 8.309(4.1, 12.4) |
5.409(2.3, 11.6) |
10.453(6.5, 12.6 |
6.274(2.5, 9.4) |
8.813(4.3, 12.5) |