Table 1 Summary statistics and correlations.

From: Military spending crowding out health and education spending: which views are valid in Egypt?

 

GDP

Gov. Exp.

MIL

Gov. Health

Gov. Edu.

Mean

156.9

26.7

4.22

6.73

14.56

Maximum

56.2

47.2

5.05

8.07

19.68

Minimum

24.8

41.4

1.50

4.06

6.24

Std. dev

64.2

16.4

1.23

2.20

4.31

Obs.

42 years

42 years

42 years

42 years

42 years

GDP

1.000

    

Gov. exp.

1.000

   

MIL

−0.8255*** (0.000)

1.000

  

Gov. health

0.4266** (0.032)

−0.4520 (0.0012)

1.000

 

Gov. edu.

−0.8258** (0.036)

0.9125*** (0.000)

0.0355** (0.0425)

1.000

  1. ***, ** and * denote significance at the 99%, 95%, and 90% confidence levels, respectively.
  2. Source computed by the authors.