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. 2026 Mar 19;14:1741833. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1741833

Table 13.

Hierarchical clustering results: cluster size, heterogeneity, and cohesion metrics.

Cluster 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Size 14 14 87 16 27 9 5 9 8
Explained proportion within-cluster heterogeneity 6.90E-02 7.10E-02 5.39E-01 1.04E-01 1.67E-01 4.00E-03 6.00E-03 2.00E-02 2.00E-02
Within sum of squares 1,36E+07 1,38E+07 1,06E+09 2,03E+07 3,27E+07 8,34E+05 1,14E+06 3,99E+06 3,90E+06
Silhouette score 4.22E-01 3.39E-01 2.21E-01 2.90E-01 2.56E-01 8.13E-01 7.34E-01 6.33E-01 5.61E-01

This table reports the main descriptive statistics of the hierarchical clustering solution. It summarizes cluster sizes, within-cluster heterogeneity, total within-cluster sum of squares, and silhouette scores. Higher silhouette values indicate stronger cluster cohesion and separation, while heterogeneity measures reflect the relative contribution of each cluster to overall variance.