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. 2015 Dec 15;5:18232. doi: 10.1038/srep18232

Table 4. Human-mediated dog movement rates at four spatial scales in Region VI.

Movement Scale Permanent movement rate Temporary movement rate Total movement rate Total annual movements % Population moving daily
Lower Estimate Upper Estimate Lower Estimate Upper Estimate Lower Estimate Upper Estimate Lower Estimate Upper Estimate
Between barangays within a municipality 0.0314 (0.0264–0.0373) 0.5726 (0.2491–1.1189) 0.7196 (0.3455–1.4369) 0.6040 (0.2800–1.1481) 0.7509 (0.3758–1.4659) 495,466 (229,684–941,840) 616,040 (308,329–1,202,536) 0.1655 (0.0767–0.3145) 0.2057 (0.1030–0.4016)
Between municipalities within a province 0.0123 (0.0092–0.0164) 0.0186 (0.0037–0.0766) 0.0497 (0.0086–0.2300) 0.0309 (0.0161–0.0861) 0.0620 (0.0205–0.2403) 25,360 (13,176–70,636) 50,899 (16,836–197,105) 0.0085 (0.0044–0.0236) 0.0170 (0.0056–0.0658)
Between provinces within the Philippines 0.0043 (0.0028–0.0063 0.0002 (0.0000–0.0014) 0.0002 (0.0000–0.0014) 0.0046 (0.0030–0.0066) 0.0046 (0.0030–0.0066) 3736 (2,476–5,420) 3736 (2,476–5,420) 0.0012 (0.0008–0.0018) 0.0012 (0.0008–0.0018)
Between the Philippines and other countries 0.0008 (0.0002–0.0021) 0 0 0.0008 (0.0002–0.0021) 0.0008 (0.0002–0.0021) 657 (135–1,740) 657 (135–1,740) 0.00022 (0.00005–0.00058) 0.00022 (0.00005–0.00058

Rate unit is movements/dog/year. Total annual movements of Region VI dogs were estimated assuming a dog population size of 820,354. 95% BCa bootstrap confidence intervals (calculated from 10,000 bootstrap samples) are indicated in brackets.