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Table 1 Physical neighbourhood characteristics

From: Mental health in the slums of Dhaka - a geoepidemiological study

Characteristic

Mean

SD

Min

Max

SE

N

Distance to nearest river (in metre)

627.6

659.4

4.6

2448.3

15.1

1905

Distance to nearest street (in metre)

365.1

324.4

0.2

1225

7.4

1905

Distance to nearest park (in metre)

2477.2

2398.4

561.3

7910.2

54.95

1905

Vegetation ratio

5247.9

4374.7

118.1

22669.2

100.23

1905

Surface water ratio

807.54

1892.64

0

11750.9

43.4

1905

    

Category

%

N

Is your area flood affected

   

Yes

69.2

1296

    

No

30.8

576

Does your area have a proper drainage system

   

Yes

18.6

354

    

No

81.4

1546

  1. Descriptive statistics for variables used in the study. The metrical variables were gained through geoprocessing in GIS (geo-epidemiological variables), the categorical variables were gained through a cohort study in 2009 (baseline data).