Table 7 Cross-crountry determinants of mask covering (1).

From: Face mask is an efficient tool to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and some factors increase the probability of its adoption

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Masks

Masks

Masks

Masks

Masks

Population density

0.035*

0.039*

0.052**

0.033*

0.045**

(0.019)

(0.019)

(0.020)

(0.019)

(0.018)

co2 level

−0.328***

−0.300***

−0.344***

−0.319***

−0.343***

(0.106)

(0.102)

(0.110)

(0.101)

(0.106)

co2\(^2\) level

0.015***

0.014***

0.016***

0.015***

0.016***

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.005)

(0.004)

(0.005)

gdp

 

−0.046*

   
 

(0.027)

   

Government effectiveness

  

−0.083***

  
  

(0.029)

  

Urban population

   

−0.001

 
   

(0.001)

 

Stringency index

    

0.005***

    

(0.001)

Constant

2.098***

2.350***

2.065***

2.092***

1.829***

(0.529)

(0.634)

(0.549)

(0.529)

(0.514)

Observations

88

87

85

88

85

R-squared

0.105

0.142

0.227

0.108

0.310

  1. Standard errors are in (.) with *** \(\hbox {p}<0.01\), ** \(\hbox {p}<0.05\), * \(\hbox {p}<0.1\).