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Table 1 Urbanicity scores of the three urbanicity scales

From: Validation and comparison study of three urbanicity scales in a Thailand context

Component

Novak et al.

Dahly and Adair

Jones-Smith and Popkin

Mean

(SD)

Min

-

Max

Mean

(SD)

Min

-

Max

Mean

(SD)

Min

-

Max

Population size

1.62

(0.75)

1.00

-

6.00

1.62

(0.75)

1.00

-

6.00

     

Population density

     

1.39

(0.97)

1.00

-

7.00

4.34

(1.08)

0.00

-

7.50

Economic activity

4.83

(3.93)

0.00

-

10.00

     

2.67

(2.34)

0.00

-

10.00

Built environment

8.07

(0.84)

2.00

-

10.00

          

Housing

          

8.62

(1.06)

5.20

-

10.00

Sanitation

          

1.08

(3.11)

0.00

-

10.00

Transportation

     

6.51

(2.37)

0.00

-

10.00

3.84

(1.45)

1.67

-

10.00

Communication

6.30

(1.65)

1.80

-

9.90

7.04

(1.94)

1.27

-

9.27

5.95

(1.14)

2.00

-

9.10

Education

4.04

(2.03)

1.00

-

9.40

2.86

(2.11)

0.00

-

10.00

3.34

(0.99)

1.62

-

7.31

Health

3.69

(2.15)

2.00

-

10.00

2.88

(2.49)

0.00

-

10.00

2.79

(2.33)

0.00

-

10.00

Markets

     

3.24

(1.55)

0.00

-

6.67

     

Traditional market

          

3.69

(4.83)

0.00

-

10.00

Modern market

          

0.37

(0.74)

0.00

-

4.50

Social services

          

4.44

(1.66)

2.50

-

10.00

Diversity

5.49

(2.25)

1.00

-

10.00

     

4.93

(1.31)

2.00

-

10.00

Summary score

34.03

(7.03)

16.20

-

58.50

25.54

(6.25)

9.53

-

53.48

46.05

(12.25)

23.57

-

85.45

Standardized score

48.61

(10.05)

23.14

-

83.57

36.48

(8.94)

13.61

-

76.40

38.38

(10.21)

19.64

-

71.21

  1. Min=minimum
  2. Max=Maximum
  3. SD=Standard deviation