| Table 3: Low-Income versus High-Income African Islands, 2001 | ||||||||
| Variable | Low-Income (1) | High-Income (2) | t-values (3) | |||||
| Population (000) | 327 | 701 | -1.36 | |||||
| Area (km2) | 1,576 | 2,539 | -0.79 | |||||
| Density | 399 | 291 | 0.58 | |||||
| CBR | 38.9 | 19.9 | 4.03 | *** | ||||
| CDR | 8.3 | 8.0 | 0.28 | |||||
| TFR | 5.4 | 1.8 | 8.42 | *** | ||||
| 0-14 | 45 | 24 | 8.33 | *** | ||||
| IMR | 64 | 10 | 8.03 | *** | ||||
| Life Exp. | 64 | 74 | -4.91 | *** | ||||
| Literacy | 73 | 83 | -1.20 | |||||
| GDP/Pop | $1,224 | $10,506 | -5.54 | *** | ||||
| Percent Ag. | 26 | 8 | 3.80 | *** | ||||
| Percent Ind. | 15 | 23 | -1.87 | * | ||||
| Percent Serv. | 59 | 69 | -2.33 | ** | ||||
| LFPR (4) | 26 | 42 | -6.55 | *** | ||||
| Unemployment | 34 | 15 | 1.39 | |||||
| Elect./pop | 123 | 1,751 | -4.80 | *** | ||||
| Aid/pop | $663 | $176 | 2.36 | ** | ||||
| Phones (5) | 32 | 201 | -2.50 | ** | ||||
| Radios (5) | 177 | 264 | -0.92 | |||||
| TVs (5) | 58 | 149 | -1.86 | * | ||||
| SOURCES: See Table 1 | ||||||||
| NOTES: | (1) Includes Cape Verde, Sao Tome/Principe, Comoros, Mayotte, and Maldives. | |||||||
| (2) Includes Azores, Canaries, Madeira, Mauritius, Reunion and Seychelles. | ||||||||
| (3) *Denotes .05 level of statistical significance for 7-9 df: ** for the | ||||||||
| .025 level and *** for the .01 level or better. | ||||||||
| (4) The labor force participation rate is the ratio of the labor force to the total population. | ||||||||
| (5) Per 1,000 population. | ||||||||