Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of the study districts.
| Post-vaccination transects |
Household survey |
School-based survey |
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| District | Setting (Urban/Rural, Coastal/inland, island) | Total villages (or wards) | Villages/streets surveyed | Dogs sighted (Village mean) | Villages with no dogs seen | Villages surveyed | Households (HH) surveyed | Dogs recorded (mean dogs/HH) | Households without dogs | Schools surveyed | Pupil respondants | Dogs recorded (mean dogs/family) | Families without dogs |
| Chake Chake | Island | 29 | 29 | 182 (6.28) | 0 | 6 | 178 | 7 (0.04) | 176 | 3 | 152 | 3 (0.02) | 151 |
| Ilala | Urban coastal | 26 | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 133 | 34 (0.26.) | 119 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kibaha Rural | Rural inland | 55 | 55 | 759 (13.80) | 0 | 2 | 93 | 30 (0.32) | 82 | 6 | 412 | 199 (0.50) | 355 |
| Kibaha Urban | Urban inland | 50 | 50 | 526 (7.21) | 0 | 6 | 151 | 66 (0.44) | 117 | 6 | 407 | 237 (0.51) | 341 |
| Kilombero | Rural inland | 80 | 77 | 1,989 (25.83) | 0 | 6 | 147 | 32 (0.22) | 132 | 6 | 548 | 218 (0.40) | 470 |
| Kilwa | Rural coastal | 102 | 78 | 606 (7.77) | 4 | 6 | 158 | 26 (0.16) | 144 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kinondoni | Urban coastal | 34 | 83 | 349 (4.20) | 19 | 6 | 183 | 59 (0.32) | 154 | 6 | 471 | 163 (0.35) | 430 |
| Kisarawe | Rural inland | 77 | 77 | 578 (7.41) | 1 | 6 | 170 | 9 (0.05) | 163 | 6 | 283 | 109 (0.39) | 230 |
| Lindi Rural | Rural coastal | 134 | 134 | 1,754 (10.83) | 8 | 6 | 177 | 15 (0.08) | 168 | 5 | 254 | 60 (0.24) | 242 |
| Lindi Urban | Urban coastal | 30 | 60 | 588 (9.80) | 2 | 6 | 177 | 17 (0.10) | 168 | 4 | 343 | 70 (0.20) | 316 |
| Liwale | Rural inland | 76 | 73 | 531 (7.27) | 6 | 6 | 175 | 19 (0.11) | 169 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Masasi | Rural inland | 159 | 97 | 554 (6.16) | 5 | 6 | 180 | 27 (0.15) | 162 | 3 | 161 | 32 (0.20) | 147 |
| Micheweni | Island | 27 | 27 | 178 (6.59) | 0 | 6 | 173 | 25 (0.14) | 164 | 3 | 156 | 4 (0.03) | 155 |
| Mkoani | Island | 33 | 33 | 303 (9.18) | 4 | 6 | 154 | 9 (0.06) | 151 | 3 | 177 | 8 (0.05) | 175 |
| Mkuranga | Rural coastal | 116 | 90 | 262 (2.91) | 30 | 6 | 174 | 4 (0.02) | 171 | 6 | 328 | 58 (0.18) | 306 |
| Morogoro Rural | Rural inland | 144 | 93 | 1,056 (12.00) | 15 | 6 | 168 | 41 (0.24) | 145 | 5 | 393 | 103 (0.25) | 356 |
| Morogoro Urban | Urban inland | 19 | 163 | 572 (3.51) | 1 | 6 | 169 | 49 (0.29) | 146 | 6 | 557 | 225 (0.40) | 489 |
| Mtwara Rural | Rural inland | 156 | 85 | 427 (5.02) | 16 | 5 | 140 | 16 (0.11) | 138 | 5 | 334 | 31 (0.09) | 328 |
| Mtwara Urban | Urban coastal | 86 | 15 | 148 (9.87) | 1 | 6 | 150 | 14 (0.09) | 130 | 3 | 288 | 69 (0.24) | 266 |
| Nachingwea | Rural inland | 118 | 115 | 1,576 (13.70) | 4 | 6 | 170 | 37 (0.22) | 160 | 6 | 342 | 84 (0.25) | 307 |
| Nanyumbu | Rural inland | 89 | 58 | 415 (7.16) | 10 | 6 | 176 | 1 (0.01) | 175 | 6 | 475 | 28 (0.06) | 466 |
| Newala | Rural inland | 153 | 83 | 626 (7.54) | 1 | 6 | 180 | 4 (0.02) | 178 | 6 | 645 | 55 (0.09) | 623 |
| Ruangwa | Rural inland | 89 | 79 | 758 (9.59) | 1 | 6 | 179 | 37 (0.21) | 164 | 4 | 168 | 24 (0.14) | 156 |
| Rufiji | Rural coastal | 115 | 78 | 470 (6.03) | 16 | 6 | 172 | 2 (0.01) | 171 | 5 | 459 | 61 (0.14) | 427 |
| Tandahimba | Rural inland | 156 | 130 | 360 (2.77) | 42 | 3 | 79 | 2 (0.03) | 78 | 3 | 175 | 24 (0.14) | 170 |
| Temeke | Urban coastal | 30 | 106 | 276 (2.60) | 19 | 6 | 159 | 8 (0.05) | 155 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Ulanga | Rural inland | 70 | 70 | 2,381 (28.35) | 0 | 6 | 177 | 85 (0.48) | 146 | 6 | 560 | 326 (0.58) | 464 |
| Wete | Island | 32 | 32 | 213 (6.63) | 2 | 6 | 146 | 56 (0.38) | 124 | 3 | 166 | 7 (0.04) | 162 |
| Serengeti | Rural | 88 | 85 | 6,285 (35.21) | 0 | 4a | 120a | 179 (0.37)a | 0a | 4 | 333 | 892 (2.68) | 51 |
In urban areas the numbers of wards are listed per district rather than villages.
aIn Serengeti district a simulated household survey dataset was generated from a subsample of 120 households from four villages (30 households per village) of the complete census data.
NA, not available.