Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for all explanatory variables used in the study.
| Mean | SD | Median | Min | Max | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Years of life los (YLL) | 0.42 | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 1.66 |
| Demographic variables | Marital status (PC) | 0.19 | 7.80 | −0.33 | −20.28 | 34.51 |
| Protestant Christian (PC) | −7.24 | 22.14 | −4.40 | −59.36 | 46.76 | |
| Population/km2 | 447 | 1,538 | 185 | 0 | 23,36 | |
| Mean number of persons per room | 2.38 | 1.09 | 2.08 | 0.94 | 6.70 | |
| % Rural households | 81.16 | 30.31 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 100 | |
| % Ethnicity (Kamba) | 11.83 | 29.71 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 99.66 | |
| % Ethnicity (Kikuyu) | 12.34 | 27.86 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 99.03 | |
| % Ethnicity (Kisii) | 4.17 | 17.66 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 99.22 | |
| % Ethnicity (Luo) | 7.54 | 23.17 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 98.87 | |
| % Ethnicity (Luhya) | 9.32 | 24.57 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 98.78 | |
| % Ethnicity (Kalenjin) | 14.56 | 31.63 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 99.58 | |
| % Ethnicity (Somali) | 12.06 | 31.05 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 99.91 | |
| % Ethnicity (Other) | 28.18 | 39.42 | 2.92 | 0.01 | 99.90 | |
| Socio-economic variables | Occupation (PC) | 0.84 | 16.91 | 0.02 | −31.34 | 55.10 |
| Bicycle possession (PC) | −3.72 | 26.05 | 1.25 | −63.90 | 47.00 | |
| Modern assets (PC) | −1.90 | 21.42 | −2.55 | −47.48 | 58.13 | |
| Livestock possession (PC) | 5.30 | 15.79 | 0.28 | −5.96 | 152.08 | |
| Poor cooking fuel (PC) | −10.71 | 25.80 | −0.20 | −106.04 | 11.48 | |
| Poor lighting fuel (PC) | −4.49 | 26.36 | −8.23 | −56.23 | 55.39 | |
| Good roof material (PC) | −16.59 | 38.88 | −3.39 | −110.83 | 26.53 | |
| Poor floor material (PC) | −8.43 | 31.71 | −0.14 | −107.79 | 31.36 | |
| Poor wall material (PC) | −12.52 | 31.77 | −11.50 | −65.29 | 44.17 | |
| Good sanitation (PC) | −12.06 | 34.06 | −3.97 | −78.41 | 44.24 | |
| Poor water source (PC) | −3.70 | 23.15 | −5.77 | −39.72 | 59.32 | |
| Good water source (PC) | −0.10 | 20.25 | −3.31 | −37.79 | 67.18 | |
| Mean educational attainment | 4.70 | 1.98 | 5.13 | 0.12 | 10.18 | |
| Mean access to health care | 1.92 | 7.52 | 1.31 | 0.00 | 181.82 | |
| Environmental variables | Mean malaria endemicity | 3.41 | 10.73 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 91.30 |
| Mean altitude in meter | 1,287 | 661 | 1,355 | 7 | 2,928 | |
| Annual mean temperature in degree centigrade | 210.9 | 37.29 | 210.0 | 123.0 | 291 | |
| Maximum temperature of warmest month in degree centigrade | 301.8 | 35.6 | 301.0 | 208.0 | 400 | |
| Minimum temperature of coldest month in degree centigrade | 129.2 | 41.13 | 123.0 | 47.0 | 222 | |
| Annual mean precipitation in millimeter | 1031.9 | 448.7 | 978.0 | 186.0 | 2441.0 | |
| Precipitation of wettest month in millimeter | 198.9 | 73.4 | 198.0 | 52.0 | 627 | |
| Precipitation of driest month in millimeter | 25.9 | 23.2 | 21.0 | 0 | 87 | |
| Longitude | 36.79 | 36.39 | 36.70 | 33.99 | 41.83 | |
| Latitude | −0.28 | 1.64 | −0.32 | −4.49 | 5.13 | |
| Spatially lagged YLL | 0.41 | 0.15 | 0.42 | 0.10 | 0.70 |
The level of analysis were the divisions (N = 612).