Table 2a.
Descriptive statistics.
| Label | Variable | Mean | Sample | Std. Dev. | Min | Max | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewCases | New COVID-19 infection reported in the province on the day | 21.37829 | overall | 88.58754 | −3679 | 3803 | N = 4708 |
| between | 31.85305 | .5 | 214.6591 | n = 107 | |||
| within | 82.71883 | −3687.894 | 3794.106 | T = 44 | |||
| YCases | Total number of COVID cases reported in the province on the day before | 2783.829 | overall | 4060.269 | 0 | 32,663 | N = 4708 |
| between | 4056.618 | 93.81818 | 28515.25 | n = 107 | |||
| within | 424.2257 | −505.0578 | 8723.874 | T = 44 | |||
| SchoolsClosed | Number of schools closed in the province per COVID-19 infection at the date | .9,256,585 | overall | 2.487785 | 0 | 26 | N = 4708 |
| between | 1.516826 | 0 | 8.295455 | n = 107 | |||
| within | 1.977203 | −7.369796 | 19.92566 | T = 44 | |||
| DSO | Dichotomous dummy variable, equal to 1 if schools were open on the day, to 0 otherwise | .6,425,234 | overall | .4,793,077 | 0 | 1 | N = 4708 |
| between | .1,157,425 | 0 | .8,636,364 | n = 107 | |||
| within | .4,652,547 | -.221,113 | 1.165251 | T = 44 |