Table 2 Child characteristics, 13–17 year olds (n = 569, all districts)
From: Estimating the size of the homeless adolescent population across seven cities in Cambodia
All | Male | Female | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 100% | 64.32% | 35.68% | <0.0001 |
missing = 0 children | ||||
Age | ||||
13 years | 35.11% | 34.63% | 35.96% | 0.1706 |
14 years | 22.87% | 20.50% | 27.09% | |
15 years | 21.81% | 21.88% | 21.67% | |
16 years | 10.11% | 11.36% | 7.88% | |
17 years | 10.11% | 11.63% | 7.39% | |
Missing = 5 children | ||||
mean age, years (SD) | 14.37 (1.32) | 14.45 (1.37) | 14.24 (1.23) | 0.0671 |
missing = 5 children | ||||
parental status | ||||
both parents alive | 79.43% | 77.01% | 83.74% | 0.3102 |
only mother alive | 14.36% | 15.79% | 11.82% | |
only father alive | 3.72% | 4.16% | 2.96% | |
both parents deceased | 2.13% | 2.77% | 0.99% | |
don’t know | 0.35% | 0.28% | 0.49% | |
missing = 5 children | ||||
current caregiver | ||||
parent | 83.66% | 79.78% | 90.59 | 0.0048 |
family member (not parent) | 9.59% | 10.53% | 7.92 | |
acquaintance | 1.95% | 2.49% | 0.99 | |
employer | 0.53% | 0.83% | 0.00 | |
other | 1.24% | 1.66% | 0.50 | |
no adult caregiver | 3.02% | 4.71% | 0.00 | |
missing = 6 children | ||||
school attendance | ||||
every day | 49.73% | 45.83% | 56.65% | 0.0563 |
a few days a week | 9.59% | 10.00% | 8.87% | |
once in a while | 3.02% | 3.89% | 1.48% | |
never attend | 37.66% | 40.28% | 33.00% | |
missing = 6 children | ||||
literacy | ||||
able to read whole sentence | 32.19% | 27.25% | 40.84% | 0.0076 |
able to read parts of sentence | 33.71% | 34.13% | 32.98% | |
cannot read at all | 33.33% | 37.43% | 26.18% | |
other | 0.19% | 0.30% | 0.00% | |
don’t know | 0.57% | 0.90% | 0.00% | |
missing = 44 children | ||||
work | ||||
works 5 or more days per week and 5 or more hours per day | 29.75% | 32.33% | 25.26% | 0.0896 |
missing = 48 children | ||||
chores | ||||
does chores 5 or more days per week and 5 or more hours per day | 6.60% | 5.49% | 8.56% | 0.1775 |
missing = 54 children | ||||
frequency that work/chores interfere with school | ||||
always | 8.25% | 10.73% | 3.89% | 0.0361 |
sometimes | 16.90% | 16.40% | 17.78% | |
never | 68.41% | 65.62% | 73.33% | |
don’t know | 6.44% | 7.26% | 5.00% | |
missing = 72 children | ||||
frequency that work/chores interfere with sleep | ||||
always | 8.00% | 9.28% | 5.76% | 0.0383 |
sometimes | 23.43% | 26.35% | 18.32% | |
never | 67.05% | 62.57% | 74.87% | |
don’t know | 1.52% | 1.80% | 1.05% | |
missing = 44 children | ||||
injured in the past 30 days (unable to work/study/do chores) | ||||
yes | 13.14% | 15.57% | 8.90% | 0.0910 |
missing = 44 children | ||||
sick in the past 30 days (unable to work/study/do chores) | ||||
yes | 29.14% | 29.34% | 28.80% | 0.9785 |
missing = 44 children | ||||
child feels safe where s/he lives | ||||
very safe | 44.57% | 43.71% | 46.07% | 0.9225 |
somewhat safe | 44.19% | 44.91% | 42.93% | |
not at all safe | 10.48% | 10.48% | 10.47% | |
don’t know | 0.76% | 0.90% | 0.52% | |
missing = 44 children | ||||
child trusts adults with whom s/he has contact | ||||
a lot | 48.57% | 47.60% | 50.26% | 0.7620 |
somewhat | 41.14% | 42.51% | 38.74% | |
not at all | 8.38% | 7.78% | 9.42% | |
don’t know | 1.90% | 2.10% | 1.57% | |