Table 2: African Island Profiles versus ROW Island Profiles, 2001 (1)
Variable		Africa		ROW		t-values (5)
GDP/growth		4.4		3.3		1.00
GDP/pop		$6,287		$10,281		-1.89	*
Inflation		4.0		4.3		-1.20
Unemployment		23.6		10.8		1.87	* (1.49)
Elect./pop		1,061		2,676		-2.75	***
Aid/pop		$397		$546		-0.80
Misery (2)		29.6		15.2		2.13	* (1.77)
Area (km2)		2,101		5,871		-1.33
Pop. Growth		1.5		1.5		0.00
Density		340		244		0.91
CBR		28.5		19.2		2.36	**
CDR		8.1		6.5		2.61	***
NMR		-1.5		3.2		-1.17
TFR		3.4		2.4		1.59
0-14		34		28		1.62
15-64		59		63		-1.19
65+		7		9		-0.20
IMR		36		17		1.96	* (1.50)
Life Exp.		69		73		-2.08	* (1.65)
Literacy		79		93		-3.00	***
Phones (3)		104		342		-3.81	***
Radios (3)		209		605		-5.28	***
TVs (3)		86		270		-3.79	***
Percent Ag.		14		10		0.99
Percent Ind.		20		18		0.90
Percent Serv.		66		72		-1.94	*
Status (4)		0.55		0.60		-0.29
SOURCES:  See Table 1
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: ** denotes
	.025 level and *** the .01 level or better.  Degrees
	of freedom vary from 11 to 46.  Figures in parenthesis are
	t-values when Mayotte is excluded from the African island profile.