Appendix B
Classification of remoteness index (RI) by population, RI score and natural breaks in the distribution


Appendix B
Classification of remoteness index (RI) by population, RI score and natural breaks in the distribution
Table summary
This table displays the results of Classification of remoteness index (RI) by population. The information is grouped by Categories (appearing as row headers), RI score, Population (%), CSD (%) and Logics (appearing as column headers).
Categories RI score Population (%) CSD (%) Logics
Easily accessible area 0.00 to <0.15 67.23 14.29 Natural break points were selected in such a way that all CSDs with a population greater than 100,000 fell in either the “easily accessible area” category or the “accessible area” category, and all CSDs with a population greater than 20,000 fell in the “easily accessible area,” “accessible area” or “less accessible area” category. CSDs with a population greater than 10,000 did not fall in the “very remote area” category.
Accessible area 0.15 to <0.29 19.15 20.64
Less accessible area 0.29 to <0.40 8.89 29.84
Remote area 0.40 to <0.50 3.14 17.57
Very remote area >= 0.50 1.59 17.63

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