The Comparison of Pneumonia-Careseekers Between Rural and Urban Areas of
Developing Nations
Abstract
Data from UNICEF on the percentage of pneumonia careseekers were
subjected under descriptive and inferential statistical analysis to
compare the percentage of pneumonia careseekers in rural and urban areas
in developing countries. Prior to the two sample t-test, the data was
first subjected to Levene’s test and found that equal variances cannot
be assumed so Welch’s test was done. We reject the null hypothesis
because the two areas, rural and urban, have a statistically significant
difference in sample means, with t= -6.8227 and p = 0.00003858092. A
comparison of the individual t-scores of careseekers in urban and rural
areas worldwide reveals that more treatment was sought in urban areas
compared to rural areas as the years progress. The data was also
subjected to linear regression test and it was found that linear
relationship exists between rural careseekers and time (p=0.001636),
while there is no linear relationship between urban careseekers and time
(p=0.07574). Linear relationship is also observed between rural and
urban careseekers combined and the year (p=0.02349).