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Table 4 Percentage of the population with walking and vehicular access to health facilities during the dry and wet season

From: It’s a long, long walk: accessibility to hospitals, maternity and integrated health centers in Niger

 

Dry season

Wet season

No hours

% total population walking

% total population vehicle

% total population walking

% total population vehicle

<1

39.11

42.90

24.09

26.34

1–2

13.93

24.37

5.64

10.36

2–4

18.17

22.79

13.23

21.05

4–12

18.08

7.72

23.24

28.50

12–24

6.96

0.23

9.66

3.63

1–2 days

0.85

0.92

5.80

0.14

>2 days

0.48

0.13

0.33

0.20

Inaccessible/ No data

2.43

0.94

18.01

9.78

  1. Number of hours it takes to get from a clinic was estimated using two modes of travel, walking and local vehicles. Travel times across different land types and road types were based on travel speeds in Table24.