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Breakdown of Street Children/Youth Cases by Category – Poipet 2009
100
Sex
Male
Female
80
60
78
40
20
20
13
0 2
1
Street Working Children Street Living Children Street Living Families
The Poipet data analysis based on the 3-fold distribution on street children/youth
categories indicates a similar distribution compared to last year’s profile, with a majority
of children/youth working in the streets. The CSCN questionnaire survey 2009 points
to 77.8 percent of the chil-dren/youth working in the streets, making the SWC the main
category in Poipet. The SLC cate-gory accounted for 18.8 percent and the SLF category
for only 1.7 percent. The rather limited number of both SLC and SLF differs from the
average of the CSCN survey, where these are at 31 and 17 percent respectively.
The graph analysis of categories indicates a complete reverse trend when compared
to last year’s profile, where the majority of the street children/youth were living in
the streets, 95 percent in the SLC category to be exact. According to the two CSCN
members conducting the survey in Poipet, the prime factor influencing this change is (as
revealed in several other locations) the government initiated clean-ups.
CSCN
100 CSCN Street Children Profile 2009