Table 8.
Pairwise correlation between survey intensity indicators and sociodemographic characteristics in Africa
| COVID cases per million | COVID deaths per million | GDP per capita | Access to electricity | Mobile subscription | Statistical Capacity Score | Fragility Index | Population | ODA | # surveys | # surveys rounds | # respondents | # interviews | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID cases per million | 1 | ||||||||||||
| COVID deaths per million | 0.90 | 1 | |||||||||||
| GDP per capita | 0.20 | 0.24 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Access to electricity | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.72 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mobile subscription | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.63 | 0.71 | 1 | ||||||||
| Statistical Capacity Score | 0.01 | 0.13 | -0.06 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 1 | |||||||
| Fragility Index | -0.22 | -0.21 | -0.68 | -0.58 | -0.64 | -0.41 | 1 | ||||||
| Population size | -0.14 | -0.06 | -0.06 | 0.08 | -0.06 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 1 | |||||
| ODA | -0.27 | -0.27 | -0.34 | -0.18 | -0.25 | 0.13 | 0.38 | 0.76 | 1 | ||||
| # surveys | -0.17 | -0.23 | -0.22 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.62 | 1 | |||
| # surveys rounds | -0.20 | -0.26 | -0.28 | -0.09 | -0.02 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.96 | 1 | ||
| # respondents | -0.13 | -0.16 | -0.17 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.40 | 0.56 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 1 | |
| # interviews | -0.08 | -0.09 | -0.15 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 1 |
Sources: data on COVID caseloads and deaths are extracted from ourworldindata.org; data on GDP, ODA, population size, access to electricity, and mobile subscription are from World Development Indicators, World Bank (2022); Fragility index is from Fund for Peace (FFP); total and average number of ongoing phone is computed from data compiled by the authors