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Table 1 Distribution of area-based exposure variables

From: Self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: small-area variations in incidence

Exposure1

 

N

Mean

SD

Median

Range

Housing Quality (score out of 4)

189

1.68

1.36

1

(0–4)

Unemployment (%)

189

8.55

5.05

8

(0–27)

Education (% of >15 year olds completing 2o school)

189

23.39

9.55

22

(6–54)

Agricultural Population (%)

189

57.20

21.2

63

(5–94)

Agricultural Land-use (%)

185 2

71.01

31.47

87

(4–100)

  1. 1Exposure measured in 2001, except agricultural land-use measured in 2003
  2. 2Data on land-use were complete only for 185 GNs