Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008
Dispatch
Owner Valuation of Rabies Vaccination of Dogs, Chad
Salome Dürr, Martin I. Meltzer, Rolande Mindekem, and Jakob Zinsstag
Table
Characteristics of 356 persons interviewed and their households, N’Djaména, Chad, 2006
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| No. persons/household | |
| 1–10 | 230 (65) |
| 11–20 | 107 (30) |
| 21–30 | 10 (3) |
| 30–35 | 1 (0) |
| Unknown |
8 (2) |
| Gender of persons interviewed* | |
| Female | 165 (46) |
| Male | 190 (53) |
| Unknown |
1 (1) |
| No. animals/household | |
| Dogs | |
| 0 | 7 (2) |
| 1 | 278 (78) |
| 2 | 65 (18) |
| 3 | 6 (2) |
| Cats | |
| 0 | 341 (96) |
| 1 | 14 (4) |
| 2 | 1 (0) |
| Monkeys | |
| 0 | 346 (97) |
| 1 |
10 (3) |
| Age of animals, y | |
| <1 | 101 (22) |
| 1–<3 | 155 (34) |
| 3–<6 | 134 (30) |
| >6 | 48 (11) |
| Unknown | 12 (3) |
| Average |
3.37 |
| Sex of animals | |
| Male | 346 (77) |
| Female | 101 (22) |
| Unknown |
3 (1) |
| Animals vaccinated >1 time | |
| Yes | 314 (70) |
| Within past year† | 197 (44) |
| Vaccinated during a campaign | 121 (27) |
| No | 132 (29) |
| Unknown | 4 (1) |
*Mean age of persons interviewed 33.7 y (range 13–80 y).
†Confirmed by inspection of certificate of vaccination.
