Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for study variables from 1990 to 1995

Variable	Country-years	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Dependent variables:
Infant mortality rate	984	54.7	38.5	6.2	171.2
Under-5 mortality rate	984	80.4	67.6	7.4	328.2
BCG vaccine rate	828	84.5	17.4	12	99
DTP1 vaccine rate	901	88.0	13.8	31	99
DTP3 vaccine rate	901	75.9	20.9	10	99
MCV1 vaccine rate	895	75.0	19.5	12	99
Polio3 vaccine rate	901	76.5	21.0	8	99
Independent variable:
CRC adoption	940	0.72	0.45	0	1
Control variables:
Ln (population)	935	15.3	2.1	9.1	20.9
Ln (GDP per capita)	851	7.0	1.2	4.2	10.2
Trade as percent of GDP	803	73.7	40.0	0.1	355.0
ODA as percent of GNI	722	10.6	16.0	0	242.3
Polity IV democracy index	814	3.7	3.8	0	10
Polity IV durability	814	13.5	16.9	0	88
Civil war	944	0.21	0.41	0	1
International war	944	0.03	0.18	0	1
Instruments:
Simmons ratification hurdles index	563	1.75	0.63	0	3
DPI federalism index	828	0.32	0.33	0	1
Prior ICESCR adoption	944	0.60	0.49	0	1
Prior CEDAW adoption	944	0.65	0.48	0	1
Prior regional CRC adoption percent	944	0.55	0.32	0	1