Table A1.4a: Summary of continuous variables used in statistical analysis.
Variable Mean Median Standard deviation Min Max
Worse civil liberties 3.353 3.00 1.80 1.0 7.0
US aid (logged) 13.910 16.47 6.57 0.0 22.9
Total population (logged) 15.653 15.85 1.99 10.7 21.0
Trafficking intensity in destination countries 2.251 2.00 1.45 0.0 5.0
Trafficking intensity in countries of origin 2.350 3.00 1.56 0.0 5.0
Trafficking intensity in transit countries 1.395 1.00 1.49 0.0 5.0
Missing information 2.545 2.00 1.63 0.0 7.0
Corruption -0.057 -0.31 0.98 0.0 2.4
NGO density 2.901 2.89 1.43 0.0 9.1
GDP (logged) 23.376 23.20 2.35 18.0 30.1
Total population (logged) 15.668 15.87 1.99 10.7 21.0
Rule of law -0.099 -0.34 0.97 0.0 2.0
GDP per capita (logged) 7.723 7.66 1.57 4.4 10.9
Coverage / Human trafficking news (logged) 3.333 3.53 1.57 0.0 7.7
Worse total freedom 6.807 6.00 3.88 2.0 14.0
Total reactions (no media) 0.360 0.00 1.05 0.0 10.0
FDI from US (logged) 8.039 0.00 9.57 0.0 25.4
Imports to US (logged) 19.010 19.58 4.62 0.0 26.7
US military aid (logged) 11.818 13.58 6.01 0.0 23.0