Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the variables.

From: Effect of PM2.5 pollution on perinatal mortality in China

Variable

Grouping

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Observations

Perinatal mortality rates (‰)

Overall

9.129

4.547

2.150

25.800

N = 434

Between

3.618

2.876

20.935

n = 31

Within

2.824

2.215

20.538

T = 14

Average PM2.5 (log)

Overall

3.745

0.484

2.183

4.519

N = 434

Between

0.479

2.351

4.391

n = 31

Within

0.108

3.186

4.208

T = 14

Max PM2.5 (log)

Overall

3.987

0.416

2.666

4.718

N = 434

Between

0.405

2.890

4.544

n = 31

Within

0.117

3.430

4.578

T = 14

New Average PM2.5 (log)

Overall

3.500

0.581

1.462

4.426

N = 434

Between

0.573

1.650

4.256

n = 31

Within

0.141

2.946

4.055

T = 14

New Max PM2.5 (log)

Overall

4.288

0.339

3.114

5.956

N = 434

Between

0.298

3.255

4.775

n = 31

Within

0.170

3.863

6.038

T = 14

GDP per capita(log)

Overall

4.701

0.672

2.790

6.107

N = 434

Between

0.478

3.813

5.671

n = 31

Within

0.480

3.492

5.618

T = 14

bed_pop

Overall

35.675

10.809

15.318

63.671

N = 434

Between

6.171

27.839

49.940

n = 31

Within

8.939

21.434

61.823

T = 14

ha_pop

Overall

5.038

3.446

1.231

21.789

N = 434

Between

1.957

1.697

12.439

n = 31

Within

2.856

− 2.860

14.388

T = 14

Urbanization rate (%)

Overall

48.327

15.252

13.890

89.600

N = 434

Between

13.112

22.351

84.071

n = 31

Within

8.115

− 11.190

85.220

T = 14