Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics
| Variable | Description | n | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min/Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy Stringency | COVID-19 policy stringency index | 27,061 | 46.14 | 35.08 |
0 100 |
| Social Distance Stringency | Social distancing policy stringency index | 26,334 | 5.34 | 4.73 |
0 12 |
| COVID-19 Cases | Confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita | 19,521 | 8.44e-04 | 2.35e-03 |
0 3.52e02 |
| Nationalism | Nationalism as a Legitimating Ideology | 18,995 | .0003844 | .0013715 |
0 .02931 |
| V-Dem |
Level of democracy (Scale of 0 to 1) |
18,995 | 4.34e-04 | 1.04e-03 |
0 1.17e02 |
| Government Effectiveness |
Level of government effectiveness (Scale of −2.5 to 2.5) |
18,913 | 5.81e-04 | 2.05e-03 |
−4.42e-03 2.22e-02 |
| IGO | Number of intergovernmental organizations the country is involved in | 27,161 | 70.60 | 18.75 |
6 121 |
| % over 65 | % of total population over 65 years old | 19,213 | 8.35e-03 | 1.97e-02 |
0 0.18 |
| Hospital beds |
Hospital beds (per 1000 people) |
19,432 | 2.7e-03 | 7.06e-03 |
0 7.85e-02 |
| Arrivals | International tourism, number of arrivals (millions) | 19,247 | 1.19e04 | 4.60e04 |
0 6.68e05 |
| GDP | Natural Log of GDP per capita translated to PPP (2020 international $) | 19,181 | 8.64e-03 | 0.03 |
0 0.41 |
| Geography | Weighted per capita | ||||
| Neighbor Stringency | Mean social distancing policy stringency index of neighboring countries | 24,558 | 5.55 | 4.58 |
0 12 |
| Neighbor Cases | Mean number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in neighboring countries | 23,865 | 5.87e-04 | 1.49e-03 |
0 2.65e-02 |
| Economic | Weighted by imports. Millions 2014 $. | ||||
| Economic Stringency | Mean social distancing policy stringency index of economic peers | 26,517 | 1.71e03 | 2.04e05 |
0 4.51e06 |
| Politics | Weighted by political similarity | ||||
| Politics Stringency | Mean social distancing policy stringency index of political peers | 26,325 | 87.28 | 91.29 |
0 3.38e03 |
| Language | Weighted by lingual similarity | ||||
| Language Stringency | Mean social distancing policy stringency index of language peers | 17,090 | 4.16 | 5.32 |
0 41.01 |
| Nationalism | Weighted by nationalist similarity | ||||
| Nationalism Stringency | Mean social distancing policy stringency index of nationalist peers | 13,649 | 38.53 | 36.46 |
0 310.34 |
| Interacted Nationalism Stringency | Mean social distancing policy stringency index of nationalist peers using interacted nationalism measure | 18,329 | 2.08e06 | 1.34e07 |
0 1.96e08 |