Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Random demographic household surveys in highly mobile pastoral communities in Chad

Daniel Weibel, Mahamat Béchir, Jan Hattendorf, Bassirou Bonfoh, Jakob Zinsstag & Esther Schelling

Volume 89, Number 5, May 2011, 385-389

Table 1. Women and children encountered in five random transect demographic household surveys of mobile pastoral communities conducted from March 2007 to January 2008 in Chad

Survey Dates of survey Women Boys Girls Total
1 15–27 March 2007 240 188 179 607
2 23 April–15 May 2007 365 476 440 1281
3 25 July–2 August 2007 230 306 295 831
4 18–30 November 2007 199 274 223 696
5 22–28 January 2008 103 164 146 413
Encountered twice −56 −72 −78 −206
Total 1081 1336 1205 3622