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Table 3 List of indicators and descriptive statistics

From: Explaining provincial government health expenditures in China: evidence from panel data 2007–2013

Category

Indicators (unit)

Obs.

Mean

SD

Min

Max

GHE

Real per capita GHE (yuan)

217

429

226

101

1159

Budgetary deficits

Real per capita budgetary deficits (yuan)

217

3532

3632

334

26179

Economic development and openness

Real per capita gross regional product (GRP) (yuan)

217

33120

17865

7967

87915

Real per capita disposable income in urban areas (yuan)

217

18356

5560

11257

39633

Real per capita net income in rural areas (yuan)

217

6516

2962

2595

17710

Real per capita salary in urban enterprises (yuan)

217

36004

11331

19696

82546

Real per capita consumption (yuan)

217

11057

6054

3523

35450

Percentage of GRP from the first industry

217

0.11

0.06

0.01

0.30

Percentage of GRP from the secondary industry

217

0.48

0.08

0.22

0.62

Percentage of GRP from the tertiary industry

217

0.41

0.09

0.29

0.77

Unemployment rate

215a

0.04

0.01

0.01

0.05

Percentage of population employed in urban enterprises

217

0.11

0.06

0.06

0.35

Percentage of population who are self-employed or work in private enterprises

217

0.12

0.06

0.04

0.32

Funds from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan/total investment in fixed assets

216b

0.03

0.03

0.00

0.15

FDI/total investment in fixed assets

217

0.03

0.03

0.00

0.12

Trade (by location of importers or exporters)/GRP

217

0.29

0.39

0.01

1.80

Trade (by place of destination or origin)/GRP

217

0.28

0.35

0.00

1.71

Population characteristics

Percentage of urban population

217

0.51

0.15

0.23

0.90

Adolescent dependency rate

217

0.22

0.07

0.09

0.42

Dependency rate of the aged

217

0.12

0.03

0.05

0.19

  1. Data sources: Author’s calculation based on statistics compiled from National Statistical Bureau of China (2008–2014) and Ministry of Health (2008)
  2. aThe two missing values are the values for Tibet in 2007 and 2008
  3. bThe missing value is the value for Tibet in 2009