Table 3 Pearson correlation matrix among regressors referred to 2019
From: The world trade network: country centrality and the COVID-19 pandemic
Degree | Betweenness | Clust. coeff. | W Eigen. | Strength | GDPPC | POP | POP65+ | HBEDS | TEMP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Degree | 1 | |||||||||
2. Betweenness | 0.76*** | 1 | ||||||||
3. Clust. coeff. | 0.45*** | 0.62*** | 1 | |||||||
4. W Eigen. | 0.33*** | 0.50*** | 0.87*** | 1 | ||||||
5. Strength | 0.34*** | 0.50*** | 0.96*** | 0.95*** | 1 | |||||
6. GDPPC | 0.48*** | 0.59*** | 0.46*** | 0.42*** | 0.40*** | 1 | ||||
7. POP | 0.15*** | 0.23*** | 0.23*** | 0.23*** | 0.21*** | − 0.11 | 1 | |||
8. POP65+ | 0.61*** | 0.51*** | 0.44*** | 0.32*** | 0.35*** | 0.51*** | − 0.19*** | 1 | ||
9. HBEDS | 0.36*** | 0.16*** | 0.25*** | 0.15*** | 0.20*** | 0.20*** | 0.20*** | 0.66*** | 1 | |
10. TEMP | − 0.44*** | − 0.17*** | − 0.22*** | − 0.29*** | − 0.24*** | − 0.36*** | 0.19*** | − 0.59*** | − 0.54*** | 1 |