Table 2.
Correlation matrix
| Yoruba | Igbo | Hausa | Muslim | Christian | res | surface | intspt | seapt | edu | apc | napc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | 0.206 | − 0.123 | − 0.052 | 0.135 | − 0.135 | − 0.079 | − 0.195 | 0.263 | 0.284 | 0.010 | 0.142 | − 0.142 |
| Yoruba | 1 | − 0.352 | − 0.480 | 0.197 | − 0.197 | − 0.079 | − 0.242 | 0.101 | 0.040 | 0.376 | 0.306 | − 0.306 |
| Igbo | 1 | − 0.652 | − 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.581 | − 0.565 | − 0.041 | 0.333 | 0.511 | − 0.525 | 0.525 | |
| Hausa | 1 | 0.652 | − 0.652 | − 0.480 | 0.725 | − 0.043 | − 0.344 | − 0.783 | 0.244 | − 0.244 | ||
| Muslim | 1 | − 1.000 | − 0.581 | 0.575 | 0.041 | − 0.333 | − 0.511 | 0.525 | − 0.525 | |||
| Christian | 1 | 0.581 | − 0.575 | − 0.041 | 0.333 | 0.511 | − 0.525 | 0.525 | ||||
| res | 1 | − 0.317 | − 0.079 | 0.491 | 0.376 | − 0.134 | 0.134 | |||||
| surface | 1 | − 0.113 | − 0.364 | − 0.566 | 0.148 | − 0.148 | ||||||
| intspt | 1 | 0.266 | − 0.364 | 0.013 | − 0.013 | |||||||
| seapt | 1 | 0.266 | − 0.227 | 0.227 | ||||||||
| edu | 1 | − 0.284 | 0.284 | |||||||||
| apc | 1 | − 1.000 |
Cases, number of reported COVID-19 cases; Yoruba, states dominated by Yoruba tribe; Igbo, states dominated by Yoruba tribe; Hausa, states dominated by Hausa tribe; Muslim, Muslim-dominated states; Christian, Christian-dominated states; Res, states with natural resources abundance; surface, surface area; intspt, international airports; seapt, seaports; edu, education; apc, states controlled by APC governors; napc, states controlled by non-APC governors