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Table 2 Livestock ownership patterns by village cluster

From: Livestock ownership, animal source foods and child nutritional outcomes in seven rural village clusters in Sub-Saharan Africa

Livestock group

Unit

Millennium Villages Cluster

Bonsaaso, Ghana

Pampaida, Nigeria

Potou, Senegal

Tiby, Mali

Mayange, Rwanda

Mwandama, Malawi

Ruhiira, Uganda

Cattle

No. (%)

0

142 (53)

52 (19)

193 (91)

63 (27)

0

40 (18)

Median (range)

NA

2 (1–60)

4 (1–105)

4 (1–54)

2 (1–6)

NA

3 (1–15)

Small ruminants

No. (%)

24 (14)

162 (61)

232 (85)

171 (80)

92 (39)

58 (24)

147 (66)

Median (range)

5.5 (1–12)

5 (1–160)

8 (1–160)

5 (1–45)

2.5 (1–12)

3 (1–10)

4 (1–23)

Poultry

No. (%)

68 (40)

155 (58)

164 (60)

173 (81)

61 (26)

175 (71)

133 (60)

Median (range)

10 (1–50)

9 (1–200)

6 (1–50)

9 (1–340)

4 (1–30)

6 (1–53)

4 (1–19)

Pigs

No. (%)

0

0

0

0

6 (3)

27 (11)

46 (21)

Median (range)

NA

NA

NA

NA

1 (1–3)

2 (1–7)

1 (1–9)

Any livestocka

No. (%)

74 (44)

215 (81)

244 (89)

206 (97)

132 (56)

190 (78)

187 (84)

  1. Values depict the number (%) of households that own each livestock group and median (range) herd/flock size in those households that own each livestock group
  2. NA not applicable (livestock not owned)
  3. aAny livestock includes poultry, pigs, small ruminants and/or cattle