Effect of an armed conflict on relative socioeconomic position of rural households: case study from western Côte d'Ivoire

Table 1 Population, migration and natural population changes in the 182 households included in the August 2002 and late 2003/early 2004 surveys, stratified by sex and two age groups.

Demographic characteristics	Total no.	% of original population	Sex ratio male:female	% under 16 years
Population 1^st survey (August 2002)	1,749	100.0	1.05	50.3
Migration
Immigration	+64	+3.7	1.13	26.6
Emigration	-138	-7.9	1.23	39.1
Natural population changes
Births	+36	+2.0	1.25	---
Deaths	-95	-5.4	1.07	25.3
Population 2^nd survey (late 2003/early 2004)	1,625^a	92.9^a	1.07	52.6
Population change	-124	-7.1	+0.02	+2.3

^a Includes a misreporting of +9 persons, which equals +0.5% of the original population

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