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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Vet Med. 2011 Aug 2;102(1):50–58. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.06.006

Table 1.

Variables at district and village level.

Variable code District Village
PDS-defined H5N1 case Ratio of PDS defined HPAI cases and non cases (positive and negative visits) PDS defined HPAI cases and non cases
vill_pop Number of people per district Number of people per village
vill_pop_dens Number of people per square km Number of people per square km
hpop_rural_log Log[number of people living rurally] Log[number of people living rurally]
hpop_rural_log2 Log[number of people living rurally]2 Log[number of people living rurally]2
hpop_urban_log Log[number of urbanised people] Log[number of urbanised people]
hpop_urban_log2 Log[number of urbanised people]2 Log[number of urbanised people]2
settlement The number of urban centres in the district Distance to closest urban centre (km)
markets_km The distance (km) from the middle of the village to the closest urban centre
roadlen Length of roads (km) Distance to closest road (km)
native_denlog Log[Backyard chickens per square km]
native_log Log[Total number of backyard chickens]
brla_dens_log Log [Commercial poultry (broilers and layers) per square km]
brla_log Log [Total number of commercial poultry]
duck_denslog Log[Ducks per square km]
ducks_log Log[Total number of ducks]
rice_area Area covered in rice fields (square km) Area covered in rice fields (square km)
cropmax Number of rice harvests per year Number of rice harvests per year
water_area Area covered by water (square km)
water_pct Percentage of water Percentage of water
water_pct2 [Percentage of water]2 [Percentage of water]2
vege_area Area covered in evergreen vegetation (square km)
vege_pct Percentage of evergreen vegetation Percentage of permanent vegetation
vege pct2 [Percentage of evergreen vegetation]2 [Percentage of permanent vegetation]2
elev_avg Average elevation Average elevation
elev_avg2 [Average elevation]2 [Average elevation]2
elev_max Maximum elevation Maximum elevation
elev_min Minimum elevation Minimum elevation
elev_range Elevation Range Elevation Range