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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of study variables

From: Impact of recapitalisation and dividend payout policies on financial sustainability of rural and community banks in Ghana

Variable

Min

Max

Mean

Std dev

Overall Financial Sustainability Index

0.263

0.792

0.525

0.079

Return on asset (\({ROA}_{it}\))

− 0.211

0.334

0.098

0.213

Economic values added on total asset (\({EVA}_{it}\))

0.013

0.297

0.081

0.131

Bank capital strength (EQ/TA)

0.189

0.300

0.241

0.032

DummCap

0.000

1.000

0.896

0.305

Dummtime

0.000

1.000

0.613

0.425

Dividend payout

0.021

0.315

0.216

0.045

Three-firm concentration \(({CR}_{3})\)

0.198

0.341

0.262

0.113

Herfindahl–Hirschman index (HHI)

0.053

0.109

0.089

0.019

Market share

0.017

0.221

0.190

0.087

Credit risk (\(LP/TL\))

0.013

0.336

0.162

0.144

Income diversification (NI/TA)

0.005

0.017

0.009

0.102

Loan intensity (TL/TA)

0.012

0.948

0.427

0.162

Bank size (SIZE)

2.171

12.136

7.215

1.812

Economic development (GDP)

3.157

13.217

9.321

2.113

Financial sector development (SM/GDP)

0.213

0.713

0.413

0.172

Macroeconomic risk (INFL)

0.070

0.231

0.172

0.115