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Table 1 Comparison of village characteristics from a survey assessing dog ownership practices: Uganda, 2013

From: The impact of poverty on dog ownership and access to canine rabies vaccination: results from a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey, Uganda 2013

District

Village ID

Population Density (km2)

Distance to Urban Centre (km)

Percent Below Poverty

Households Interviewed

Study Population

Number of Dogs

Dog Owning HH

Dogs/HH Observed

People per Dog

Kampala

AZ1

1 401

0

5.7%

38

177

0

0 (0.0%)

0.00

-

MU1

34

2

20.6%

12

57

8

5 (41.7%)

0.66

7.1

KZ1

286

0

20.8%

19

108

3

1 (5.3%)

0.16

36.0

KE1

2 429

0

14.0%

22

94

0

0 (0.0%)

0.00

-

CZ1

433

0

19.9%

19

109

18

3 (15.8%)

0.95

6.1

Wakiso

NC2

158

3

29.7%

48

178

6

4 (8.3%)

0.13

29.7

BU2

31

15

40.0%

34

153

9

8 (23.5%)

0.26

17.0

BG2

3

14

39.7%

17

66

3

3 (17.6%)

0.18

22.0

MB2

41

14

39.2%

29

156

5

5 (17.2%)

0.17

31.2

KI2

41

10

37.9%

29

147

3

3 (10.3%)

0.10

49.0

Mbale

BA3

34

2

59.5%

60

374

2

2 (3.30%)

0.03

187.0

KA3

633

0

52.9%

33

190

11

4 (12.1%)

0.33

17.3

MB3

49

4

61.5%

33

201

4

3 (9.1%)

0.12

50.3

BU3

57

18

56.0%

52

273

2

2 (3.8%)

0.04

136.5

NM3

441

0

52.9%

71

357

2

2 (2.8%)

0.03

178.5

Kabarole

RW4

43

25

56.4%

23

163

9

6 (26.1%)

0.39

18.1

NY4

447

1

49.2%

37

209

13

9 (24.3%)

0.35

16.1

KK4

12

11

52.0%

46

259

31

16 (34.8%)

0.67

8.4

BU4

10

1

52.7%

31

159

20

11 (35.5%)

0.65

8.0

KI4

226

1

51.4%

30

149

12

6 (20.0%)

0.40

12.4

Bundibugio

KY5

3

33

74.5%

28

214

1

1 (3.6%)

0.04

214

BB5

36

31

63.6%

32

231

3

3 (9.4%)

0.09

77.0

BG5

2

21

60.0%

37

234

10

6 (16.2%)

0.27

23.4

HK5

74

26

56.3%

18

117

0

0 (0.0%)

0.00

-

 

TOTAL

288

9.7

44.4%

798

4 375

175

103 (12.9%)

0.22

25.0