Published April 30, 2022
| Version 0.9
Dataset
Open
Synthetic population for KEN
Authors/Creators
- 1. Biocomplexity Institue and Initiative, University of Virginia
Description
Synthetic populations for regions of the World (SPW) | Kenya
Dataset information
A synthetic population of a region as provided here, captures the people of the region with selected demographic attributes, their organization into households, their assigned activities for a day, the locations where the activities take place and thus where interactions among population members happen (e.g., spread of epidemics).
License
Acknowledgment
This project was supported by the National Science Foundation under the NSF RAPID: COVID-19 Response Support: Building Synthetic Multi-scale Networks (PI: Madhav Marathe, Co-PIs: Henning Mortveit, Srinivasan Venkatramanan; Fund Number: OAC-2027541).
Contact information
Henning.Mortveit@virginia.edu
Identifiers
| Region name | Kenya |
| Region ID | ken |
| Model | coarse |
| Version | 0_9_0_adm1 |
Statistics
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 39129968.0 |
| Average age | 21.6 |
| Households | 10938486.0 |
| Average household size | 3.6 |
| Residence locations | 10938486.0 |
| Activity locations | 838758.0 |
| Average number of activities | 5.4 |
| Average travel distance | 134.7 |
Sources
| Description | Name | Version | Url |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activity template data | World Bank | 2021 | https://data.worldbank.org |
| Administrative boundaries | ADCW | 7.6 | https://www.adci.com/adc-worldmap |
| Curated POIs based on OSM | SLIPO/OSM POIs | http://slipo.eu/?p=1551 https://www.openstreetmap.org/ | |
| Household data | DHS | https://dhsprogram.com | |
| Population count with demographic attributes | GPW | v4.11 | https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v4-admin-unit-center-points-population-estimates-rev11 |
Files description
Base data files (ken_data_v_0_9.zip)
| Filename | Description |
|---|---|
ken_person_v_0_9.csv |
Data for each person including attributes such as age, gender, and household ID. |
ken_household_v_0_9.csv |
Data at household level. |
ken_residence_locations_v_0_9.csv |
Data about residence locations |
ken_activity_locations_v_0_9.csv |
Data about activity locations, including what activity types are supported at these locations |
ken_activity_location_assignment_v_0_9.csv |
For each person and for each of their activities, this file specifies the location where the activity takes place |
Derived data files
| Filename | Description |
|---|---|
ken_contact_matrix_v_0_9.csv |
A POLYMOD-type contact matrix constructed from a network representation of the location assignment data and a within-location contact model. |
Validation and measures files
| Filename | Description |
|---|---|
ken_household_grouping_validation_v_0_9.pdf |
Validation plots for household construction |
ken_activity_durations_{adult,child}_v_0_9.pdf |
Comparison of time spent on generated activities with survey data |
ken_activity_patterns_{adult,child}_v_0_9.pdf |
Comparison of generated activity patterns by the time of day with survey data |
ken_location_construction_0_9.pdf |
Validation plots for location construction |
ken_location_assignement_0_9.pdf |
Validation plots for location assignment, including travel distribution plots |
ken_ken_ver_0_9_0_avg_travel_distance.pdf |
Choropleth map visualizing average travel distance |
ken_ken_ver_0_9_0_travel_distr_combined.pdf |
Travel distance distribution |
ken_ken_ver_0_9_0_num_activity_loc.pdf |
Choropleth map visualizing number of activity locations |
ken_ken_ver_0_9_0_avg_age.pdf |
Choropleth map visualizing average age |
ken_ken_ver_0_9_0_pop_density_per_sqkm.pdf |
Choropleth map visualizing population density |
ken_ken_ver_0_9_0_pop_size.pdf |
Choropleth map visualizing population size |
Files
Coarse-Populations-World-Data-Dictionary-v_0_9.pdf
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