Table 2
Demographic characteristics of study communities
Study
community
Geographic
coordinates
Population
(people)
Population
(households)
Illiteracy (%)
Population over
60 years old (%)
Female-headed
households (%)
Drought-prone communities
Yoggu
9
28
0
N, 1
04
0
W
3751
216
92.1
44.5
12.6
Cheshagu
9
04
0
N, 1
06
0
W
195
26
80.8
33.7
8.5
Kpalgun
9
28
0
N, 1
05
0
W
1573
111
81.1
48.2
12.6
Daboshe
9
05
0
N, 1
04
0
W
430
32
96.9
52.3
11.6
Zagua
9
05
0
N, 1
08
0
W
561
44
84.1
39.5
6.8
Fihini
9
04
0
N, 1
07
0
W
655
38
97.8
56.2
5.1
Flood-prone communities
Bankpama
9
54
0
N, 2
34
0
W
799
79
89.5
35.7
9.3
Baleufili
9
53
0
N, 2
41
0
W
802
91
85.3
40.1
11.3
Chietanga
9
92
0
N, 2
69
0
W
438
46
96.5
55.3
8.2
Zowayili
9
90
0
N, 2
70
0
W
231
28
98.3
59.1
6.5
Note: These demographic characteristics were derived through other surveys conducted during the CECAR–Africa project. We use this as background
information for the purpose of this chapter, but the interested reader is diverted to other publications for further results and the methodological protocols
(e.g. Antwi et al. 2014; Boafo et al. 2014)
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