Table 1.

Overview of demographic and socio-economic findings

	Chechnya		Ingushetia
	n		n
Population
Total population number in TACs, Spontaneous Settlements (official figures)	20,064		21,901
Interviewees (one per household)	256		283
Female interviewees	180	70.3%	185	65.4%
Total number of family members in surveyed households	1107		1668
Average number of family members in surveyed households (official average in population in brackets)	4.3 (5.7)		5.8 (5.3)
	n	%	n	%
Displacement history
Displaced > 4 years	249	98.0%	272	96.1%
-During first Chechnen War (1994–1995)	122	48.0%	104	36.8%
-During second Chechnen War (1999/2000)	118	46.5%	154	54.4%
-Others	9	3.5%	25	8.8%
Displaced < 4 (missing data)	5 (2)	2.0%	11	3.9%
Displaced more than once (2–5 times)	212	83.1%	160	56.6%
Wish to return home	220	86.3%	243	85.9%
Origin
Chechnya	250	97.7%	253	89.4%
Other	6	2.3%	30	10.6%
Reason for not returning to place of origin
Lack of shelter	200	78.4%	129	45.6%
Insecurity	25	9.8%	139	49.1%
Other	31	12.%	15	5.3%
Reasons for returning to Chechnen TACs
Living circumstances in spontaneous settlements Ingushetia	66	27.5%	-	-
Homesick	60	25.0%	-	-
Compensation offered by authorities	40	16.7%	-	-
Directly forced to return	4	1.7%	-	-
Indirectly forced to return (camps closed in Ingushetia)	28	11.7%	-	-
Hope the situation improves	22	9.2%	-	-
Other (missing data)	10 (26)	3.9% (10.2%)	-	-
Living Circumstances in the Chechnen TACs, Ingushetian spontaneous settlements
Poor shelter against weather	11	4.3%	108	38.2 %
Unable to keep warm	47	18%	113	40%
Poor toilet facilities	184	72.4%	255	90.1%
Insufficient food (defined as on at least 5 days a week, having 1 meal or less per day)	34	13.3%	32	11.3%
Dependence on outside assistance	244	95.4%	267	94.3%