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Table 3. Correlation Matrix of all Variables.

	Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1	U5MR	1.000
2	Average Annual Temperature (°C)	0.335^#	1.000
3	Annual Rainfall (mm)	−0.204^#	−0.223^#	1.000
4	Foodgrain Yield (quintal./hectare)^$	0.049	0.086	−0.271^#	1.000
5	District within 2 km from Road^$	0.194^#	0.353^#	−0.189^#	0.246^#	1.000
6	Population Density (person/sq. km) (log)	0.112	0.292^#	−0.124^*	0.508^#	0.512^#	1.000
7	Coverage Gap Index (CGI)	0.443^#	0.121^*	−0.197^#	0.243^#	0.323^#	0.432^#	1.000
8	CHC with Low Birth Weight Management	−0.033	−0.025	0.068	−0.080	−0.190^#	−0.257^#	−0.235^#	1.000
9	Number of newborn care provided in PHC (log)	0.009	0.324^#	−0.010	−0.005	0.112	0.204^#	0.061	0.066	1.000
10	Knowledge about Malaria Prevention^$	−0.215^#	0.089	0.087	−0.090	−0.287^#	−0.364^#	−0.559^#	0.144^*	−0.037	1.000
11	Per Capita GDDPPC (log)^$	−0.327^#	−0.204^#	0.105	−0.058	−0.336^#	−0.374^#	−0.544^#	0.115	−0.257^#	0.516^#	1.000
12	HH having BPL Card	0.143^*	0.042	0.192^#	−0.351^#	0.013	−0.398^#	−0.191^#	0.046	−0.137^*	0.071	−0.117^*	1.000
13	SC/ST Population (log)^$	−0.025	0.112	0.279^#	−0.382^#	−0.202^#	−0.550^#	−0.258^#	0.189^#	0.006	0.237^#	0.142^*	0.471^#	1.000
14	HH with Piped Water (log)^$	−0.214^#	−0.214^#	−0.154^*	−0.044	−0.320^#	−0.395^#	−0.530^#	0.208^#	−0.220^#	0.512^#	0.691^#	−0.109	0.046	1.000
15	Urban Population	−0.306^#	0.058	−0.180^#	0.143^*	0.038	0.113	−0.317^#	0.045	−0.047	0.334^#	0.598^#	−0.286^#	−0.173^#	0.574^#	1.000
16	Female literacy	−0.267^#	0.007	0.234^#	0.107	−0.002	0.164^#	−0.394^#	0.010	−0.103	0.399^#	0.347^#	−0.044	−0.128^*	0.242^#	0.409^#	1.000

Note: For full description of variable code, see Table 1.

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

Variables were dropped in the regression model to avoid multicollinearity and for the best fit.