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Table 2 Description of explanatory variables
| Continuous variables | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Standard deviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population: POPTOT | 54,000 | 1,723,300 | 304,774.64 | 227,539.57 |
| Percentage Female: PERCFEM | 40% | 55% | 50.6% | 1.89 |
| Percent rural population below poverty line: RURALPOV | 7.7% | 88.5% | 39.4% | 18.54 |
| Immunisation Coverage: DPT3COVER | 2.5% | 100% | 85.2% | 18.24 |
| Per Capita OPD utilisation: OPDCAPITA | 0.3 | 3.4 | 1.18 | 0.54 |
| Access to Safe drinking Water: ACCESSWATER | 14.6% | 97.6% | 58.54 | 16.55 |
| Latrine Coverage in Households: LATCOVERAGE | 5% | 97.6% | 67.86 | 18.94 |
| Human Development Index: HDI | 0.216 | 0.660 | 0.531 | 0.0776 |
| Human Poverty Index: HPI | 9.6 | 65.3 | 30.75 | 9.86 |
| Labour Absorption Rate: LABOURABSRATE | 16.3% | 70.7% | 52.9% | 9.34 |
| Urbanisation Rate: URBANISATION | 1.1% | 100% | 8.17 | 10.24 |
| Literacy Rate-Total: LITRATETotal | 11.6% | 93.7% | 64.52% | 15.79 |
| Literacy Rate-Female: LITRATEFemale | 8.5% | 92.2% | 56.7% | 16.84 |
| Literacy Rate-Male: LITRATEMale | 14.8% | 95.4% | 72.9% | 15.95 |
| Number of Government Health facilities: HFGOVTOT | 8 | 88 | 25 | 15.22 |
| Number of hospitals in district:HOSPTOT | 0 | 28 | 1.36 | 2.81 |
| Number of NGO health facilities: HFNGO | 0 | 37 | 7.22 | 7.27 |
| Percentage of facilities that are HC II: PERCHCII | 19% | 85% | 56% | 14.85 |
| Percentage of facilities that are HC III: PERCHCIII | 12% | 75% | 35.7% | 13.784 |
| Percentage of facilities that are HC IV: PERCHCIV | 0% | 21% | 6% | 4.405 |
| Percentage of Approved posts filled: STAFFSTRENGTH | 19% | 86.6% | 54.4% | 14.0126 |
| Percentage of population within 5 km to a Health Facility: ACCESS | 43.7% | 96.5% | 69.7% | 11.6607 |
| Dichotomic variables | Total N | Condition | Frequency | Percentage |
| Availability of Regional Referral Hospital: RRHAVAIL | 112 | Yes | 15 | 13.4% |
| No | 97 | 86.6% | ||
| Newly created district: DISTAGE | 112 | Yes | 31 | 27.7% |
| No | 81 | 72.3% | ||
| Hard to reach district: DISTACCESS | 112 | Yes | 25 | 22.3% |
| No | 87 | 77.7% | ||
| Availability for TA for Pharmaceutical Management: TA | 112 | Yes | 45 | 40.2% |
| No | 67 | 59.8% |
