Table 1: African Island Profiles versus African Country Profiles, 2001 (1)
Variable		Islands		Countries		t-values (5)
GDP/growth		4.4		2.8		1.89	*
GDP/pop		$6,287		$1,905		2.58	**
Inflation		4.0		4.0		0.0
Unemployment		23.6		35.0		-1.70
Elect./pop		1061		518		1.49
Aid/pop		397		18		3.50	***
Misery (2)		29.6		39.0		-1.46
Population		530,975		17,690,909		-111.94	***
Area (km2)		2,101		667,431		-1069.68	***
Pop. Growth		1.5		2.5		-1.92	*
Density		340		27		3.74	***
CBR		28.5		37.5		-2.38	**
CDR		8.1		13.4		-9.78	***
NMR		-1.5		0.9		-1.40
TFR		3.4		5.0		-2.64	**
IMR		36		86		-5.43	***
Sex Ratio		1.01		1.00		0.42
0-14		34		43		-2.52	**
15-64		59		54		2.04	*
65+		7		3		2.95	***
Life Exp.		69		54		8.11	***
Literacy		79		56		5.54	***
Phones (3)		104		23		1.81
Radios (3)		209		212		-0.05
TVs (3)		86		66		0.93
Status (4)		0.55		1.00		-2.86	***
SOURCES:  Island data from World Factbook (CIA, 2001); Country data
from African Development Indicators (World Bank, 2002); and other sources (See Appendix).
NOTES:	(1)  Average values for 2001 or latest year available.
	(2)  The sum of inflation and unemployment rates.
	(3)  Per 1,000 Population.
	(4)  1.0 for independent country and 0.0 for dependent country.
	(5)  *Denotes .05 level of statistical significance or above for 8-10:df: ** denotes
	.025 level and *** the .01 level or better.