Table 3.
Contextual variable profiles in 534 blocks in Bihar, India
| Variable | Mean across 534 blocks | Standard deviation | CV | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average distance (km) to the nearest town with 500 000 population (remoteness) |
138.39 |
105.10 |
0.76 |
8.07 |
587.31 |
| Average luminosity (night lighting) |
3.37 |
2.26 |
0.67 |
2.00 |
20.48 |
| Average pixel values for forest coverage (forest coverage) |
218.72 |
239.11 |
1.09 |
4.31 |
2841.23 |
| Average daily hours of power available for domestic use (power availability for domestic use) |
9.82 |
8.12 |
0.83 |
0.00 |
46.00 |
| Percentage of villages/towns in a block that have any paved roads |
0.52 |
0.27 |
0.52 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
| Percentage of the population who are literate |
0.54 |
0.09 |
0.17 |
0.31 |
0.84 |
| Percentage of the population who belong to a scheduled caste or tribe |
0.38 |
0.31 |
0.82 |
0.01 |
0.99 |
| Trend in facility readiness score |
7.45 |
14.91 |
2.00 |
-33.33 |
50.00 |
| Annual change in average number of assets owned per block |
0.09 |
0.02 |
0.22 |
0.01 |
0.17 |
| Annual change in log-odds of the proportion of women who belong to a self-help group |
0.41 |
0.02 |
0.05 |
0.34 |
0.48 |
| Annual change in log-odds of the proportion of women who reported being satisfied with the frontline worker visit |
0.19 |
0.01 |
0.05 |
0.14 |
0.22 |
| Landscape index |
0.00 |
1.00 |
NA |
-3.13 |
5.41 |
| Development index | 0.00 | 1.00 | NA | -2.04 | 3.63 |
CV – coefficient of variation