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Table 5 Characteristics of the most and least inefficient units

From: The determinants of technical efficiency of a large scale HIV prevention project: application of the DEA double bootstrap using panel data from the Indian Avahan

 

n=37 (least inefficient)

n=39 (most inefficient)

Variable

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean test p-value

Inefficiency score (corrected)

3.126

0.421

1.181

0.020

<0.001

Share FSW in total persons reached (%)

71.258

37.693

85.379

28.682

0.071

Estimated population

1864.154

732.220

1411.270

703.625

0.007

Estimated population squared

3997469

3699676

2473391

2169280

0.032

Number of NGOs per district

2.897

2.245

2.621

1.976

0.572

Number of NGOs per SLP

19.153

5.392

20.486

7.928

0.392

Number of NGOs per SLP squared

395.205

191.965

480.864

385.499

0.220

NGO was replaced (%)

0.051

0.223

0.0277

0.164

0.593

Duration in Avahan (in year)

3.538

0.600

3.243

1.090

0.145

HIV experience prior Avahan (%)

0.282

0.455

0.270

0.450

0.910

Solo district (%)

0.512

0.506

0.405

0.497

0.354

SLP:

    

<0.001

SLP 2 (%)

0.179

0.388

0.027

0.164

 

SLP 3 (%)

0.461

0.505

0.054

0.229

 

SLP 4 (%)

0.179

0.388

0.351

0.483

 

SLP 5 (%)

  

0.351

0.483

 

SLP 6 (%)

  

0.0540

0.229

 

Year:

    

<0.001

2005 (%)

0.512

0.506

0.135

0.346

 

2006 (%)

0.179

0.388

0.162

0.373

 

2007 (%)

0.153

0.365

0.540

0.505