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. 2022 May 27:10.1002/sres.2849. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1002/sres.2849

TABLE 3.

A summary of measures used

Variables Measurement (Source) Indicators Scales/Coding
State responsiveness SR Index (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford) Closing of schools Ordinal scale (0–3) and binary for geographic scope (0–1)
Closing of workplace
Cancellation of public events
Restriction on gatherings
Closing of public transportation

Staying at home

Requirements

Restrictions on

internal

movement

Control on international travels
Citizen Community responsiveness CR Index (Apple Mobility Trends report) Amount of walking by citizen Ratio
Amount of driving by citizen Ratio
Pandemic Growth PG (World Health Organization) Daily moving average of infected rates Ratio
Control variables
Geographic features PD (Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank) midyear population per square kilometres Ratio
Health infrastructure HB (World Health Organization) Inpatient beds Ratio
Tourism InT (World Tourism Organization, Compendium of Tourism Statistics, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics) Number of tourist arrivals by air or tourists staying at hotels Ratio
OuT (World Tourism Organization, Compendium of Tourism Statistics, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics) Number of tourist departures
Age‐structure of population % WP (World Bank estimates) Proportion of dependents per 100 working‐age population Ratio
% YP (World Bank estimates) Proportion of population between 0–14 years to total population
% AP (World Bank estimates) Proportion of population between 15–64 years to total population
Infection testing policies of country TEST (Our World in Data) Total number of tests per thousand people Ratio