Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of the selected indicators covariates and the Moran’s I test statistic
| characteristics /variables | minimum | maximum | 1st quartile | Median | mean | 3rd quartile | SD (CV%) | Moran’s I values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % under-five nutrition (CIAF) | 33.87 | 67.74 | 47.86 | 52.89 | 51.99 | 55.52 | 6.2 (11.93) | 0.034 *** |
| % children were vitamin A | 49.69 | 72.13 | 44.24 | 50.31 | 49.69 | 53.94 | 8.1 (16.30) | -0.014 |
| % children with breastfeeding | 51.06 | 85.29 | 66.12 | 71.00 | 70.45 | 75.05 | 6.32 (8.97) | 0.006** |
| % children with comorbidity | 16.04 | 52.94 | 28.90 | 32.62 | 32.67 | 35.53 | 6.4 (19.59) | 0.264* |
| % dietary diversity score (dds) | 10.37 | 44.64 | 20.57 | 24.46 | 24.90 | 28.91 | 10.4 (41.77) | -0.014 |
| % women with illiteracy | 51.799 | 93.55 | 66.78 | 73.29 | 72.36 | 78.50 | 9.33 (12.89) | 0.006*** |
| % father with literacy | 29.03 | 84.37 | 49.13 | 54.44 | 54.72 | 61.64 | 10.63 (19.43) | 0.190*** |
| % of women with autonomy | 27.12 | 64.77 | 41.56 | 45.14 | 46.20 | 51.61 | 7.98 (17.27) | -0.014*** |
| % access sanitation facilities | 11.76 | 70.50 | 29.57 | 37.48 | 38.44 | 48.07 | 12.11 (31.50) | 0.006*** |
| % access to safe water | 32.35 | 82.49 | 53.55 | 59.99 | 59.80 | 66.10 | 9.65 (16.14) | 0.070** |
| % of women’s bmi < 18.5 kg/m2 | 4.84 | 50.00 | 20.72 | 24.42 | 24.23 | 27.04 | 6.53 (26.95) | -0.014 |
| % media | 14.44 | 61.36 | 30.93 | 37.28 | 36.40 | 42.01 | 9.78 (26.87) | 0.006*** |
| % working women | 9.09 | 61.29 | 29.06 | 35.74 | 35.43 | 42.24 | 10.25 (28.93) | 0.155 |
| %wealth | 0.00 | 82.26 | 32.33 | 40.44 | 41.21 | 51.24 | 16.76 (40.67) | -0.014* |
| mean of precipitation | 58.94 | 116.65 | 77.59 | 90.45 | 88.28 | 98.27 | 13.90 (15.75) | 0.006* |
| mean aridity | 13.75 | 33.01 | 19.33 | 23.52 | 23.41 | 25.79 | 4.79 (20.46) | 0.117* |
| mean evi | -2322 | 2390.78 | 882.68 | 1409.63 | 1259.05 | 1728.74 | 798.7 (63.44) | -0.014 |
| mean eleviation | 1.81 | 7.70 | 2.87 | 3.54 | 3.73 | 4.20 | 1.14 (30.56) | 0.006*** |
| mean maximum temperature | 24.70 | 31.62 | 27.12 | 28.10 | 28.25 | 29.25 | 1.44 (5.10) | -0.093** |
| mean minimum temperature | 9.85 | 17.88 | 12.54 | 13.46 | 13.78 | 15.04 | 1.67 (12.12) | -0.014** |
| mean pet | 3.47 | 4.66 | 3.83 | 4.05 | 4.05 | 4.28 | 0.27 (6.67) | 0.005 |
| mean ur | 0.001 | 0.27 | 0.013 | 0.023 | 0.037 | 0.045 | 0.027 (72.97) | 0.505** |
| mean wetd | 5.60 | 8.64 | 6.62 | 7.28 | 7.24 | 7.77 | 0.76 (10.50) | -0.014 *** |
SD Standard deviation, CV Coefficient of variation, *, ** and *** = Moran’s I are significant at 10, 5, and 1% level