**3. Results and discussion**

#### **3.1 Sample characteristics**

In Nigeria, temporary-displaced migrants from communities are majorly affected by climate-related flooding, and they move out of their indigenous lands to places of refuge making them high-risk and a vulnerable group [22]. For a qualitative study, our sample size (n = 100) was a large one, ensuring that a greater number of community members were included. Moreover, most of the participants were eager to be part of the study. Demographic variables, such as sex, age, income, and occupation, were asked, with a summary of some social data (economic, environment, gender roles, and health data).

**Table 1** shows the summary of core characteristics of our participants. The highest age group was in the 30 to 40 years category, while those in the 50 to 60 years had the lowest proportion of 18%. Most of our respondents were between the ages of 18–60 years, with lived experience of flood activities. A total of 72% of the participants were females and 18% were males. For their educational levels, all the participants had completed their basic primary education, but there were no


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#### **Table 1.**

*The socio-economic characteristics of participants in Akili Ogidi.*

participants with complete or some level of completion of graduate-level education. More than 30% of our participants were married. A large number of the interviewed men had married several wives with large households ranging from 1 to 12 persons. For the household size, 38% of the participants had more than 10 persons within their household, while 20% had between one and four persons. Majority of the community have lived in the affected community for over 10 years or more. For their income level, more than 90% had very low income \$1USD/day. From our discussions and interviews, a large number of community members were internal migrants, and women were in the majority (67%), and they migrated with their children particularly the young ones. Although we were targeting women, men wanted to be part of the study and we had to randomly select the men who consented to be part of the key in-depth interviews.

The results from qualitative case study approach provided comprehensive discussions on reoccurring flood activity, social consequences of flooding, as well as the effect of climate-related internal migration on women and children from the study area.
