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. 2020 Jan 30;15(1):e0218682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218682

Table 1. Travel time and time spent on activities in Sedibeng and uMzinyathi as well as share of time per activity.

Health District: Sedibeng
Travel and time spent on activities Share of time per activity
Median Travel Time (Minutes) Median Activity Time (Minutes) Peri-urban Rural
Activity Peri-urban Rural Peri-urban Rural
Household Registration 15 15 19* 24* 66%* 57%*
Household Screening 15 17 15* 23*
Home Visits (other) 15 15 20 20
Health Post/Clinic/CHC 15* 30* 25 30 23%* 29%*
Support Groups 28 16 10 34 0% 1%
Creche, ECD inst 20 15 0% 1%
Other institution 10 25 10 10 0% 0%
Health days 15 20 20 15 0% 0%
School Health F/U 18 10 53 21 0% 0%
Meeting 30 165 330 225 1% 3%
Other 17* 9* 24* 30* 8% 8%
Health District: Umzinyathi
Travel and time spent on activities Share of time per activity
Median Travel Time (Minutes) Median Activity Time (Minutes) Peri-urban Rural
Activity Peri-urban Rural Peri-urban Rural
Home visits 15* 20* 40* 60* 55%* 49%*
Clinic/CHC/Mtg w supervisor 25* 30* 120 115 18%* 13%
Phila Mtwana 30 30 360* 425* 15%* 16%*
Creches and other institutions 27 23 50 73 1% 2%
Campaigns 20 20 150 235 2% 3%
Meeting with community/other 20 30 40 100 3%* 4%*
War Room 30 35 122 188 2% 2%
Training 35 30 51* 120* 2% 5%
Support Groups 30 30 55 95 1% 1%
Other 16 15 43 40 1% 5%

Median values (in minutes) are reported here for comparison purposes as the data was not normally distributed. Significance testing on the median travel and activity times were conducted through quantile regression for individual activities. Significance testing between the proportions of time spent on activities across geographical areas was conducted through a test of proportions.

CHC: community health centre, ECD: Early childhood development, F/U: follow up, Mtg: meeting

*Values in bold in the table indicates that differences in medians were statistically significant.