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9<br />
Definitions of Children and Youth used by <strong>Friends</strong> <strong>International</strong>:<br />
(i) Children: 0-18 years of age; (ii) Youth: 15-24 years of age. (In addition: (iii)<br />
Adolescents: 10-19; (iv) Early Adoles-cence: 10-14; (v) Late Adolescence: 15-19; (vi)<br />
Young People: 12-24 years of age).<br />
http://www.friends-international.org/resources/charter/FI_Charter.pdf<br />
10<br />
Street children/youth often develop an extraordinary capacity to tell stories. Lying<br />
about their ages, family back-ground, the reasons for being on the streets, and their<br />
current circumstances are common topics. Moreover, manipu-lating information has<br />
a psychological function that allows the children to get back at a society that devalues<br />
them. However, another important aspect to why street children lie to social workers and<br />
adults in general is because they have the wrong attitude or ask the wrong questions<br />
when approaching the children. Consequently, the answers will not be objective as to<br />
avoid painful subjects, trying to please, survival attitude, lack of trust etc.<br />
11<br />
Questionnaires may be Closed-Ended (answerable by checking one of several<br />
predetermined answers) or Open-Ended (requiring participants to answer in their own<br />
words) or sometimes a mix of the two.<br />
12<br />
UNODC<br />
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/youthnet/egypt_street_children_report.pdf<br />
13<br />
UNICEF<br />
Cambodia Statistics 2008<br />
14<br />
Life expectancy has increased in the period from 1998 to 2008 from 54 to 61 years.<br />
15<br />
Index Mundi<br />
http://www.indexmundi.com/cambodia/population_growth_rate.html<br />
16<br />
National Institute of Statistics<br />
General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 Provisional Population Totals, National<br />
Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Cambodia, August 2008, p 20.<br />
17<br />
Ibid<br />
18<br />
Cambodian Street Children Network<br />
CSCN Cambodian Street Children Profile 2008<br />
19<br />
Ibid<br />
CSCN<br />
CSCN Street Children Profile 2009<br />
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