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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 />

137

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