Geographical heterogeneity and inequality of access to improved drinking water supply and sanitation in Nepal

Table 1 Administrative coverages for access to improved WSS and summaries of inequity coefficient

Administrative Region	Improved Indicator	Model Estimate(JMP adj.)	Raw coverage	Population(UN adj.)	Gini	Theil L	Theil T
Country	Sanitation	0.57	0.584	27,156,000	0.272	0.143	0.119
Country	Drinking water	0.92	0.858		0.078	0.017	0.015
Province No.1	Sanitation	0.621	0.573	4,654,292	0.227	0.099	0.085
Province No.1	Drinking water	0.935	0.834		0.073	0.013	0.012
Province No.2	Sanitation	0.347	0.394	5,551,672	0.319	0.167	0.159
Province No.2	Drinking water	1.00	1.00		0.01	0.001	0.001
Province No.3	Sanitation	0.793	0.709	5,633,266	0.176	0.074	0.06
Province No.3	Drinking water	0.865	0.841		0.101	0.021	0.018
Province No.4	Sanitation	0.719	0.784	2,164,437	0.145	0.039	0.035
Province No.4	Drinking water	0.938	0.925		0.062	0.007	0.007
Province No.5	Sanitation	0.541	0.606	4,870,079	0.218	0.098	0.08
Province No.5	Drinking water	0.942	0.925		0.071	0.014	0.012
Province No.6	Sanitation	0.525	0.525	1,672,443	0.184	0.075	0.062
Province No.6	Drinking water	0.705	0.656		0.132	0.026	0.026
Province No.7	Sanitation	0.43	0.474	2,609,811	0.263	0.124	0.109
Province No.7	Drinking water	0.849	0.820		0.136	0.04	0.035

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