The association between internal migration and pulmonary tuberculosis in China, 2005–2015: a spatial analysis

Table 1 Specification of the variables

Variable	Definition of variable	Data source	Period
SS + PTB	Notification rate of SS + PTB	National Notifiable Infectious Diseases Reporting Information System	2005–2015
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus incidence rate		2005–2015
POE	The proportion of emigrant in total population for each province	national population sampling survey and census	2005, 2010, 2015
POI	The proportion of immigrant in total population for each province	national population sampling survey and census	2005, 2010, 2015
PCGDP	GDP per capita (RMB 10 000)	China Statistical Yearbook	2005–2015
EDU	The proportion of people with a college degree or above in total population
UR	Urbanization rate
PD	Population density (persons per square kilometers)

TB Tuberculosis, SS + PTB Sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB, POE Proportion of emigrants, POI Proportion of immigrants, PCGDP Gross domestic product per capita, EDU College degree or higher, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, UR Urbanization rate, PD Population density

ISSN: 2049-9957