Table 1.

Means and bivariate correlation coefficients of nation-level indices.

		M	SD	1	2	3	4	5
1	National HIV Prevalence (2009)	1.94	4.39	1
2	Education Expenditures	4.70	2.32	.26a	1
3	Unemployment Rate	13.97	15.60	.41a	.07	1
4	Homicide Rate	7.68	11.97	.27a	.09	.004	1
5	Freedom of Religion	1.17	.81	.19b	.17b	.02	.34a	1
6	Women’s Social Rights	1.25	1.02	−.28a	.27a	−.22a	.04	.37a

M: means; SD: standard deviations; values in original metric. 1: Estimated number of adults aged 15–49 years with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS, expressed as per cent of total population in that age group; 2: Public expenditure on education as a per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2007; 3: Per cent of the labor force that is without jobs; 4: annual rate of homicide per 100,000 population; 5: Extent to which the freedom of citizens to exercise their religious beliefs without being subject to government sanctions and restrictions; 6: Rights of women guaranteed by law and enforced by the government, include a number of internationally recognized rights such as the right to equal inheritance, right to enter into marriage on a basis of equality with men, right to obtain a passport, right to initiate a divorce, right to an education, freedom from genital mutilation without their consent, and freedom from forced sterilization.

^aTwo-tailed p<.01.

^bTwo-tailed p<.05.