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. 2017 Oct 31;2(4):e000437. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000437

Table 3.

Meta-regression analysis for governance indicators, GDP, Gini index, country population and surface area, and CCI coverage, CIX and SII

Unadjusted Adjusted 1* Adjusted 2† Adjusted 3‡
β (95% CI) p Value Adjusted R² (%) β (95% CI) p Value Adjusted R² (%) β (95% CI) p Value Adjusted R² (%) β (95% CI) p Value Adjusted R² (%)
CCI coverage Control of corruption 11.2 (4.9 to 17.6) 0.001 12.9 −2.7 (−12.7 to 7.1) 0.596 39.9 52.0
Government effectiveness 16.1 (10.8 to 21.4) <0.001 31.8 20.1 (9.0 to 31.2) 0.001
Political stability and absence of violence 8.6 (5.4 to 11.9) <0.001 25.7 6.7 (3.1 to 10.2) <0.001 6.3 (3.6 to 9.1) <0.001
Regulatory quality 10.8 (5.7 to 15.8) <0.001 17.7 −0.1 (−8.9 to 8.7) 0.988
Rule of law 13.1 (7.3 to 18.9) <0.001 19.9 −6.2 (−19.3 to 7.0) 0.353
Voice and accountability 6.4 (2.0 to 10.7) 0.004 8.9 −2.2 (−7.3 to 2.8) 0.382
GDP per capita (log scale) 9.5 (6.8 to 12.1) <0.001 39.1 9.5 (6.9 to 12.2) <0.001 41.4 8.0 (5.6 to 10.5) <0.001
Gini index for income −0.1 (−0.4 to 0.3) 0.717 −1.1 0.0 (−0.2 to 0.3) 0.896
Country surface area (km2, million) −4.2 (−8.8 to 0.4) 0.071 2.9 −4.8 (−9.1 to −0.5) 0.028
Country population (inhabitants, million) −0.01 (−0.03 to 0.01) 0.438 −0.5 0.00 (−0.02 to 0.03) 0.668
Concentration index for CCI Control of corruption −2.2 (−4.2 to −0.2) 0.033 2.8 1.2 (−2.1 to 4.5) 0.457 26.6 51.3
Government effectiveness −3.4 (−5.2 to −1.5) <0.001 17.0 −4.2 (−8.1 to −0.3) 0.033
Political stability and absence of violence −2.5 (−3.6 to −1.4) <0.001 21.0 −2.2 (−3.5 to −0.9) 0.001 −1.4 (−2.4 to −0.4) 0.007
Regulatory quality −2.1 (−3.7 to −0.4) 0.014 6.5 0.3 (−2.6 to 3.1) 0.861
Rule of law −2.8 (−4.7 to −1.0) 0.004 9.8 0.6 (−3.9 to 5.0) 0.798
Voice and accountability −1.2 (−2.6 to 0.2) 0.092 −0.4 0.9 (−0.8 to 2.6) 0.288
GDP per capita (log scale) −2.3 (−3.1 to −1.4) <0.001 35.8 −2.3 (−3.1 to −1.5) <0.001 47.7 −2.0 (−2.8 to −1.2) <0.001
Gini index for income 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0.537 −0.5 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0.553
Country surface area (km2, million) 1.9 (0.5 to 3.3) 0.009 8.4 1.9 (0.5 to 3.2) 0.007 1.6 (0.5 to 2.7) 0.007
Country population (inhabitants, million) 0.01 (−0.01 to 0.02) 0.076 5.1 0.00 (−0.01 to 0.01) 0.621
Slope index for CCI Control of corruption −8.8 (−16.1 to −1.6) 0.017 5.8 1.6 (−10.9 to 14.1) 0.799 21.4 39.0
Government effectiveness −11.0 (−17.8 to −4.2) 0.002 10.8 −9.1 (−23.5 to 5.4) 0.212
Political stability and absence of violence −8.8 (−12.5 to −5.1) <0.001 22.7 −8.2 (−12.7 to −3.7) 0.001 −5.3 (−8.9 to −1.7) 0.005
Regulatory quality −7.1 (−13.2 to −1.1) 0.021 5.0 −0.1 (−11.2 to 10.9) 0.983
Rule of law −10.3 (−17.1 to −3.5) 0.003 9.2 0.6 (−16.0 to 17.2) 0.943
Voice and accountability −4.3 (−9.3 to 0.8) 0.095 1.9 3.3 (−3.1 to 9.7) 0.308
GDP per capita (log scale) −7.2 (−10.8 to −3.7) <0.001 16.4 −7.2 (−10.6 to −3.9) <0.001 26.4 −6.3 (−9.3 to −3.2) <0.001
Gini index for income 0.1 (−0.3 to 0.5) 0.576 −0.9 0.1 (−0.2 to 0.4) 0.585
Country surface area (km2, million) 7.2 (2.3 to 12.1) 0.004 9.2 6.3 (1.0 to 11.5) 0.020 5.2 (0.9 to 9.4) 0.018
Country population (inhabitants, million) 0.03 (0.00 to 0.05) 0.020 6.0 0.01 (−0.01 to 0.04) 0.311

Bold numbers indicate statistically significant associations.

*Adjusted for other governance indicators.

†Adjusted for non-governance indicators (GDP, Gini, surface area and population).

‡Adjusted for all variables with p<0.05 in the adjusted models 1 and 2.

β, meta-regression coefficient; CCI, composite coverage index; CIX, concentration index; GDP, gross domestic product; R², coefficient of determination; SII, slope index of inequality.