The great majority of those studies, though, are about migrants in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and/or they are about non-indigenous peoples, such as Latinos, Asians, etc. Indigenous municipalities are defined as those in which at least 70%% of the population are indigenous.
In total, 1,921 municipalities were defined for use in the analysis.
A random sample of inhabitants living more than 20 kilometres away (average distance 28 kilometres) in the same two municipalities, were defined as controls (N = 316).
The centrality is defined as a municipality's geographical location in relation to a centre where there are important functions (central functions) and is measured on a scale of 0 3 where 0 is the least and 3 is the most central.
The centrality is defined as a municipality's geographical location in relation to a centre where there are important functions (central functions) and is measured on a scale of 0 3 where 0 is the least and 3 is the most central [ 23].
The Assembly also approved a bill that would allow municipalities to ban extreme wrestling, which is defined as having features that include deliberate cutting.
The senior citizen proportion variable is defined as the percentage of the municipality population aged +65 [ 13].
The city is defined within the borders of what is the district, formerly the municipality, of Kota Kinabalu.
In this context, a neighbourhood is defined as an operationally viable geographical or organisational area (e.g., part of municipality, village) [ 23].
The distance between cases is defined as the distance in a straight line between the geographic centers of the reported cases (municipality or postal code area).
