Table 4.
Ownership of live chickens in Maputo, Mozambique in May–June 2021.
| Unweighted |
Weighted1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics |
All households |
Households with children2 |
All households |
Households with children2 |
| (N = 570) | (N = 252) | (N = 175,143) | (N = 77,372) | |
| Households that currently own live chickens, n (%) | 93 (16.3 %) | 36 (14.3 %) | 27,388 (15.6 %) | 10,678 (13.8 %) |
| Number of live chickens currently owned per household, median (min-max) | 6 (1–260) | 6 (1–160) | 6 (1–260) | 6 (1–160) |
| Number of broiler chickens3, median (min-max) | 13.5 (1–260) | 3.5 (2–160) | 7 (1–260) | 4 (2–160) |
| Number of indigenous chickens4, median (min-max) | 5.5 (1–35) | 6 (1–35) | 5 (1–35) | 6 (1–35) |
| Number of layers, median (min-max) | 10 (2–146) | 3 (2−10) | 10 (2–146) | 3 (2−10) |
| Households that raised chickens for sale in the past year, n (%) | 7 (1.2 %) | 2 (0.8 %) | 2254 (1.3 %) | 661 (0.9 %) |
| Households that raised chickens for consumption in the past year, n (%) | 80 (14.3 %) | 35 (13.9 %) | 23,689 (13.7 %) | 10,373 (13.4 %) |
| Households that raised chickens for both sale and consumption in the past year, n (%) | 10 (1.8 %) | 2 (0.8 %) | 2754 (1.6 %) | 632 (0.8 %) |
1
Survey weighting was conducted using district level population data. The design weight for each participating household was the inverse of their probability of selection in the corresponding district.
2
Children under 5 years of age.
3
Chickens specifically bred to provide meat.
4
Local chickens, native to Mozambique.