Statistical analysis

Relationship between level of freedom and economic growth

Correlations

GDP per capita ppp 2006 (World bank 2007)

Freedom House category of democracy 2007

GDP per capita ppp 2006 (World bank 2007)

Pearson Correlation

1

-.372**

Sig. (2-tailed)

.000

Sum of Squares and Cross-products

2.208E10

-606833.200

Covariance

1.162E8

-3210.758

N

191

190

Freedom House category of democracy 2007

Pearson Correlation

-.372**

1

Sig. (2-tailed)

.000

Sum of Squares and Cross-products

-606833.200

120.863

Covariance

-3210.758

.639

N

190

190

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

The above table reflects a negative association between the level of freedom and economic growth of the country. The Pearson correlation is -.372 that reflects a negative correlation. It means if the level of freedom will increase by 1%, the economic growth will decrease by 1%. Hence, it is interpreted that is a weak and negative relationship between the two variables.

Relationship of HDI

Relation between human development index and nature and quality institutions

Correlations

Human development index 2005 100-pt scale (UNDP 2007)

Kaufmann political stability 2005

Kaufmann government effectiveness 2005

Kaufmann rule of law 2005

Kaufmann corruption 2005

Economic globalization 2005 (KOF 2008)

Political globalization 2005 (KOF 2008)

Previous British colony/not (from CIA Factbook)

Pearson Correlation

Human development index 2005 100-pt scale (UNDP 2007)

1.000

.646

.829

.784

.777

.784

.295

-.071

Kaufmann political stability 2005

.646

1.000

.824

.842

.805

.661

.035

.002

Kaufmann government effectiveness 2005

.829

.824

1.000

.972

.965

.784

.272

.055

Kaufmann rule of law 2005

.784

.842

.972

1.000

.974

.731

.230

.100

Kaufmann corruption 2005

.777

.805

.965

.974

1.000

.735

.212

.048

Economic globalization 2005 (KOF 2008)

.784

.661

.784

.731

.735

1.000

.165

-.023

Political globalization 2005 (KOF 2008)

.295

.035

.272

.230

.212

.165

1.000

-.144

Previous British colony/not (from CIA Factbook)

-.071

.002

.055

.100

.048

-.023

-.144

1.000

Sig. (1-tailed)

Human development index 2005 100-pt scale (UNDP 2007)

.

.000

.000

.000

.000

.000

.001

.225

Kaufmann political stability 2005

.000

.

.000

.000

.000

.000

.355

.493

Kaufmann government effectiveness 2005

.000

.000

.

.000

.000

.000

.002

.280

Kaufmann rule of law 2005

.000

.000

.000

.

.000

.000

.007

.144

Kaufmann corruption 2005

.000

.000

.000

.000

.

.000

.012

.305

Economic globalization 2005 (KOF 2008)

.000

.000

.000

.000

.000

.

.040

.405

Political globalization 2005 (KOF 2008)

.001

.355

.002

.007

.012

.040

.

.063

Previous British colony/not (from CIA Factbook)

.225

.493

.280

.144

.305

.405

.063

.

N

Human development index 2005 100-pt scale (UNDP 2007)

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

Kaufmann political stability 2005

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

Kaufmann government effectiveness 2005

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

Kaufmann rule of law 2005

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

Kaufmann corruption 2005

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

Economic globalization 2005 (KOF 2008)

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

Political globalization 2005 (KOF 2008)

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

Previous British colony/not (from CIA Factbook)

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

114

The above table shows that association between variables is positive and strong relationship except “British colonization”. British colonization is negatively associated with the human development index.

All the independent variables are significant as significance value is less than 0.05, whereas, the significance value of British colonization is greater than a. It means British colonization is an insignificant independent variable.

Model Summary

Model

R

R Square

Adjusted R Square

Std. Error of the Estimate

1

.869a

.756

.740

.091924

a. Predictors: (Constant), Previous British colony/not (from CIA Factbook), Kaufmann political stability 2005, Political globalization 2005 (KOF 2008), Economic globalization 2005 (KOF 2008), Kaufmann corruption 2005, Kaufmann government effectiveness 2005, Kaufmann rule of law 2005

The table of model summary indicates the explanatory power of the model. R value tells the absolute value correlation. The correlation among all the variables is 0.869. R square is the coefficient of determination. R square is 0.756, which means that 75.6% of the variation is explained through this model, and remaining is unexplained variation.

Relation between human development index and level of freedom

Correlations

Human development index 2005 100-pt scale (UNDP 2007)

Religious Freedom index (20 pt scale) (Norris and Inglehart WVS)

Mean political rights score 1980-2008

Mean civil liberties score 1980-2008

Empowerment Rights Index (CIRI)

Pearson Correlation

Human development index 2005 100-pt scale (UNDP 2007)

1.000

-.143

-.598

-.593

.314

Religious Freedom index (20 pt scale) (Norris and Inglehart WVS)

-.143

1.000

-.320

-.348

.515

Mean political rights score 1980-2008

-.598

-.320

1.000

.980

-.718

Mean civil liberties score 1980-2008

-.593

-.348

.980

1.000

-.728

Empowerment Rights Index (CIRI)

.314

.515

-.718

-.728

1.000

Sig. (1-tailed)

Human development index 2005 100-pt scale (UNDP 2007)

.

.044

.000

.000

.000

Religious Freedom index (20 pt scale) (Norris and Inglehart WVS)

.044

.

.000

.000

.000

Mean political rights score 1980-2008

.000

.000

.

.000

.000

Mean civil liberties score ...