Table 4 Kruskal-Wallis pairwise comparisons between variables of the group of countries with a research ethics committee and the group without
From: Status of national research bioethics committees in the WHO African region
Variables | Chi-squared statistic | p-value | Decision at 5% significance level |
|---|---|---|---|
Maternal mortality per 100000 live births | 0.026144 | P = 0.8712 | not significant, accept H0 |
Population in a country | 7.468966 | P = 0.0063 | Significant, reject H0 |
Life expectancy at birth | 0.7468966 | P = 0.3876 | not significant, accept H0 |
Probability of dying (per 1000) below age 5 years | 0.331125 | P = 0.565 | not significant, accept H0 |
Probability of dying (per 1000) between age 15–60 years | 0.186207 | P = 0.6661 | not significant, accept H0 |
Gross national income per capita (US$) | 0.111875 | P = 0.738 | not significant, accept H0 |
Infant mortality per 1000 live births | 0.028161 | P = 0.8667 | not significant, accept H0 |
Percentage of population aged 15+ years that is illiterate | 0.22623 | P = 0.6343 | not significant, accept H0 |
Gross primary enrolment (% of school age population) | 2.712306 | P = 0.0996 | not significant, accept H0 |