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DISCUSSION OF CROSS-CUTTING TENDENCIES
Elaborating on the outcome of the 2009 questionnaire survey data analysis, this chapter
serves to present tendencies in the Cambodian street children/youth population that cut
across all of the CSCN survey locations. Rather than presenting these tendencies as
factual, they will be open to discussion given the limitations inherent to the survey method
applied, as conversed in the introduction of this CSCN profile. Moreover, approaching
the survey results as a discussion platform is a way of developing the network activities
of the CSCN partners. The main cross-cutting tendencies have been divided into five
themes: Theme I: Migration Patterns of Cambodian Street Children/Youth; Theme
II: Poverty and Migration as Main Reasons for Street Life in Cambodia; Theme III:
Educational Status – Enrolment versus Completion Rates; Theme IV: Scavenging
and Begging as Main Income Generating Activities; and Theme V: Problems on the
Streets – Bong Thom, Violence and Health. The themes have been derived through the
process of analysing the data from each location and by comparing the summarised
data presented at the end of each survey analysis.
For more specific information on the analytical outcome for each CSCN survey location,
see the summaries at the end of each section in the previous chapter.
Theme I: Migration Patterns of Cambodian Street Children/Youth
The migration pattern of the street children/youth population in Cambodia as identified
in the 2009 questionnaire survey is, by and large, concentrated within the country’s
borders. Gener-ally, the analysis of data from the six CSCN locations indicates that most
of these internal movements are inter-provincial and only cover short-range distances,
with the exception being Phnom Penh which attracts migrants from all over the country,
as well as from neighbouring countries. The main migration destination is thus Phnom
Penh, as most economic activities revolve in and around the capital city. From the data
analysis, Sihanoukville appeared to be the second most popular migration destination,
with only 24.6 percent of the street children/youth population originating in this province.
The questionnaire results from Siem Reap placed this location somewhere between a
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