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Table 2 Scoring factors

From: Equity in health care in Namibia: developing a needs-based resource allocation formula using principal components analysis

Variable

Score

Electricity

0.3340

Radio

0.1332

Refrigerator

0.3274

Television

0.3116

Bicycle

0.0454

Motorbike

0.0588

Car

0.1627

Telephone

0.2604

Piped water

0.0000

Open well

-0.3904

Surface water

-0.2856

Borehole

-0.2637

Rain water

-0.3455

Tanker

-0.0314

Other water

-0.1499

Flush toilet

0.0000

Pit latrine

-0.1802

VIP* latrine

-0.1206

Bucket latrine

-0.0626

No toilet

-0.6575

Other toilet

-0.0308

Natural floor

0.0000

Wood floor

0.0670

Ceramic floor

0.4376

Cement floor

0.4376

Carpet

0.3421

  1. * Ventillated Improved Pit latrine