Table 2.

Raw correlation analysis between independent variables and UHC index for low- and middle-income countries.

Variables	Government Health expenditure in %	Population below poverty line in %	UHC index	Governance index	Stability index	SDI index	GNI per capita in $
Government Health expenditure in %	1
Population below poverty line in %	0.416*	1
UHC index	0.309	−0.537*	1
Governance index	0.114	−0.202	0.712	1
Stability index	0.351	−0.447*	0.776**	0.732**	1
SDI index	0.147	−0.480*	0.799**	0.416	0.274	1
GNI per capita in $	0.052	−0.419*	0.671**	0.162	0.406*	0.712**	1

^*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

UHC, universal health coverage; SDI, sociodemographic index; GNI, gross national income.