Table 5.
Distribution of population and household profile indicators among districts with and without medical school in 2019
| Characteristics All districts |
District with at least one medical school till 2019 | Districts which did not have a medical school till 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 640) | N | Median | IQR | N | Median | IQR | ||
| Households with electricity | 270 | 96.9a | 91.5 | 98.9 | 370 | 90.4 | 77.0 | 97.8 |
| Households using improved sanitation facility | 270 | 52.1a | 38.6 | 68.6 | 370 | 38.9 | 23.3 | 62.1 |
| Households using clean fuel for cooking | 270 | 46.6a | 29.0 | 63.3 | 370 | 22.9 | 15.5 | 40.5 |
| Women who are literate | 270 | 72.6a | 63.1 | 82.0 | 370 | 66.5 | 54.8 | 77.1 |
aVery highly significant, significant Mann-Whitney U test