Table 3.
Sources of the data for the study
| Variable | Source | Website | Permission needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ donation data | International Registry of Organ Donation and Transplantation* | http://www.irodat.org/ (accessed 19/08/2013) | No: http://www.irodat.org/?p=about |
| GDP per capita (US$) | International Monetary Fund (2013), World Economic Outlook database, Data and Statistics IMF* | http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/download.aspx (accessed 12/08/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained |
| The World Bank: GDP per capita: World Development Indicators | http://data.worldbank.org (accessed 12/08/2013) | No:http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/0,,contentMDK:22547097~pagePK:50016803~piPK:50016805~theSitePK:13,00.html | |
| Legal system | Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook* | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2100.html#133 (accessed 19/08/2013) | No:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/contributor_copyright.html |
| Catholicism | Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook* | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html#195 (accessed 12/08/2013) | No: see above link for Legal System |
| U.S. Department of State | http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2010/index.htm (accessed 12/08/2013) | No:http://www.state.gov/misc/87529.htm#copyright | |
| RTA mortality rate | Global status report on road safety: time for action. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2009* | http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2009 (accessed 12/08/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained |
| Based on data from ‘OECD (2010), IRTAD Road Safety Annual Report 2009, OECD Publishing’ | http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789282102824-en (accessed 12/08/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained | |
| Hong Kong Road Safety Council | http://www.roadsafety.gov.hk/annual_report/2006/eng/foreword.html (accessed 12/08/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained | |
| Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportations and Communications | http://www.motc.gov.tw/en/home.jsp?id=255&parentpath=0,150,250 (accessed 12/08/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained | |
| Population | U.S. Census Bureau* | www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php (accessed 13/08/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained |
| Helping a stranger | Charities Aid Foundation (2010, 2011, 2012), World Giving Index* | https://www.cafonline.org/pdf/WorldGivingIndex28092010Print.pdf (accessed 13/08/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained |
| This is based on data from Gallup’s WorldView World Poll | |||
| https://www.cafonline.org/pdf/World_Giving_Index_2011_191211.pdf (accessed 13/08/2013) | Yes: see above information for World Giving Index 2010 | ||
| https://www.cafonline.org/PDF/WorldGivingIndex2012WEB.pdf (accessed 13/08/2013) | Yes: see above information for World Giving Index 2010 | ||
| Hospital beds | World Health Report: health systems: essential health technologies. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2013* | http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.70?lang=en (accessed 30/09/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained |
| National Statistics Republic of China (Taiwan) | http://eng.stat.gov.tw/lp.asp?ctNode=2267&CtUnit=1072&BaseDSD=36&MP=5 (accessed 30/09/2013) | Yes: Permission Sought and Attained | |
| Information Services Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government | http://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/public_health.pdf (accessed 30/09/2013) | No:http://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/public_health.pdf | |
| The World Bank: Hospital beds (per 1,000 people): World Health Organization | http://data.worldbank.org (accessed 30/09/2013) | No: see above link for GDP per capita for The World Bank |
* = Primary source. For Cuba the number of self-identified Catholics was prior to Castro assuming power. The data for 1996 was used to estimate Puerto Rico’s hospital beds because this was the most reliable information that we were able to obtain. GDP, gross domestic product; RTA, road traffic accidents.