International Trade of Masks and COVID-19 Pandemic Containment

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of each variable.

Variable	Variable explanation	Obs.	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Recovery rate	Recovery rate of COVID-19 cases	188	85.0853	19.6513	0	100
Log (increase rate)	Logarithm of the China’s masks weight imported by various countries	188	5.8492	1.0293	3.1664	9.9170
Increase rate	Growth rate of China’s masks weight imported by various countries	188	720.8164	2279.54	−76.2791	20172.34
Increase rate^2	The square of the weight growth rate of masks imported from China by various countries	188	5688238	3.79e + 07	22.2552	4.07e + 08
Log (per GDP)	Logarithm of the GDP per capita	183	8.7562	1.4745	5.5655	12.1575
Infant mortality	Infant mortality in each country	184	21.2544	19.4605	1.5	81
Log (population density)	Logarithm of the population density	187	4.3185	1.4865	−1.9879	9.8639
Log (population)	Logarithm of the population	188	15.5836	2.2430	6.6859	21.0355
Education level	Percentage of at least completed high school education	120	51.8516	26.8309	2.8055	97.3998
Collectivism	Collectivism index = 100−individualism index	106	62.5943	20.8230	9	94