Table 3 Correlation coefficient matrix of the various individual service delivery components at the local municipality level, South Africa, 2007

Proportion with no water service provider

1.0000

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Proportion with no toilet facilities

0.56*

1.0000

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Proportion with no refusal disposal

0.50*

0.65*

1.0000

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Proportion with no electricity

0.63*

0.61*

0.62*

1.0000

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Poor ratio of population size to health facilities

0.18*

0.10

0.16*

0.13*

1.0000

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Proportion with no schooling

0.46*

0.48*

0.45*

0.65*

0.09

1.0000

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Proportion living in informal housing

−0.37*

−0.25*

−0.26*

−0.34*

0.06

−0.13*

1.0000