Table 2 Description of explanatory variables

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%