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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sites and informant lists retained for capture-recapture analysis

From: Adult mortality before and during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in nine communities of Yemen: a key informant study

Site

Rural/Urban

Characteristics

(estimated population, March 2021)

Informant lists

(main analysis)

Informant lists (alternative analysis)

A1

Urban

Directly and heavily affected by the armed conflict; under Houthi control for around four months. Residents fled the area due to the lack of water, electricity and fuel, and shortage of food and health services

(population size uncertain)

1. Community leaders

2. Health workers

3. Imams

4. Burial preparers

1. Community leaders

2. Health workers

3. Imams + Burial preparers

A2

Urban

Directly and heavily affected by the armed conflict; under Houthi control for around four months. Residents fled the area due to the lack of water, electricity and fuel, and shortage of food and health services

(population 11,000, ≈9% of subdistrict)

1. Community leaders

2. Senior citizens

3. Imams

4. Burial preparers

1. Community leaders + senior citizens

2.Imams + Burial preparers

A3

Urban

Moderately affected by the armed conflict; destination of many internally displaced populations (IDPs)

(population 2600, ≈2% of subdistrict)

1. Community leaders

2. Imams

3. Burial preparers

1. Community leaders

2. Imams + Burial preparers

A4

Urban

Moderately affected by the armed conflict; destination of many IDPs

(population 9400, ≈6% of subdistrict)

1. Community leaders + spouses

2. Senior citizens

3. Burial preparers

1. Community leaders + spouses + senior citizens

2. Burial preparers

T1

Urban

On the contested borders between the two areas of political control

(population 2700, ≈3% of subdistrict)

1. Community leaders + spouses + senior citizens + imams

2. Health workers

1. Community leaders + spouses + senior citizens

2. Health workers

3. Imams + Burial preparers

T2

Rural area

Ongoing direct conflict since the beginning of the crisis; divided between two areas of control

(population 14,700, 100% of subdistrict)

1. Community leaders + senior citizens + imams

2. Health workers

3. Teachers

4. Burial preparers

1. Community leaders + senior citizens + teachers

2. Health workers

3. Imams + burial preparers

T3

Semi-urban

No active conflict, but a destination for many IDPs

(population size uncertain)

1. Community leaders + spouses + senior citizens + imams

2. Health workers

1. Community leaders + spouses + senior citizens

2. Health workers

3. Imams

T4

Urban

Past direct conflict, was under bombardment and siege

(population 8600, ≈15% of subdistrict)

1. Community leaders + senior citizens

2. Health workers

1. Community leaders + senior citizens

2. Health workers

T5

Rural area

Ongoing direct conflict since the beginning of the crisis, divided between two areas of control

(population 21,700, 100% of subdistrict)

1. Community leaders

2. Senior citizens

1. Community leaders + senior citizens

(no analysis possible: only one list)

  1. A and T refer to sites in Aden and Ta’iz governorates, respectively