Table 2 The descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients of variables.

From: Cross-sectional analysis of socioeconomic drivers of PM2.5 pollution in emerging SAARC economies

Statistics

LnPM2.5

LnGDP

LnCOEXP

LnFA

LnPREC

LnTEMP

Descriptive statistics

 Mean

3.62

3.88

24.51

10.85

5.50

2.38

 Median

3.74

4.20

24.84

10.37

5.52

2.08

 Maximum

4.38

7.96

28.32

13.49

6.39

3.25

 Minimum

2.67

 − 1.02

19.97

9.84

4.14

1.80

 Std. Dev.

0.44

2.27

2.21

1.23

0.62

0.56

 Skewness

 − 0.49

 − 0.29

 − 0.40

1.41

 − 0.37

0.66

 Kurtosis

2.15

2.45

2.52

3.50

2.09

1.52

 Jarque–Bera

9.64

3.70

4.95

47.46

7.95

22.59

 Probability

0.0080

0.1570

0.0839

0.0000

0.0187

1.5225

 Normality

The series is distributed normally

Correlation analysis

 LnPM2.5

1

     

 LnGDP

0.60

1

    

 LnCOEXP

0.57

0.99

1

   

 LnFA

0.34

0.58

0.60

1

  

 LnPREC

 − 0.32

0.24

0.24

0.31

1

 

 LnTEMP

 − 0.16

0.15

0.15

 − 0.45

0.54

1