Table 2 Urbanization Indicators and Population in Relation to Three Urban Classification Systems
From: Quantitative urban classification for malaria epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa
| Â | Administrative Designation | Population Density Thresholds | Clustering | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Semi-Rural (%) | Urban (%) | X 2 | P | Semi-Rural (%) | Peri-Urban (%) | Urban (%) | X 2 | P | Semi-Rural (%) | Peri-Urban (%) | Urban (%) | X 2 | P |
Car ownership | 1.1 | 9.2 | 29.4 | <0.01 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 0.09 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 23.8 | 251.2 | <0.01 |
Gas as primary fuel source | 0.5 | 7.3 | 25.3 | <0.01 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 18.1 | 178.6 | <0.01 |
Earth floor in dwelling | 55.3 | 13.9 | 411.3 | <0.01 | 50.7 | 37.1 | 15.3 | 177.5 | <0.01 | 33.2 | 12.2 | 6.4 | 322.4 | <0.01 |
% of population | 8.7 | 91.3 | Â | Â | 3.5 | 4.3 | 92.3 | Â | Â | 29.6 | 54.6 | 15.8 | Â | Â |