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Gender/Age Distribution of Children/Youth Registered – Neak Loeung 2009
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Sex
Male
Female
20
10
15
12
10
4
14
5
10
7
1
0
6 to 9
10 to 14
15 to 18
2
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The data analysis illustrated on the graph shows the number of street children/youth
registered in Neak Loeung in 2008 and does therefore not include the children/youth
registered in the years before and still receiving support in 2008. The questionnaire
survey in Neak Loeung revealed a similar tendency compared to last year’s result
regarding the distribution of age, with the majority of street children/youth in the 10 to 14
age category (40 percent), closely followed by the 6 to 9 age category (36.7 percent).
The 15 to 18 category accounted for 18.3 percent and 5 percent of the street children/
youth were not able to inform about their age. The average age of the street children/
youth in Neak Loeung is only 10.9 years, the lowest of all the Cambodian CSCN
survey locations, being more than 3 years under the total average. However, the age
distribution based on category follows the same trend as the average with a majority in
the 10 to 14 category.
Moreover, the gender distribution identified in the Neak Loeung survey also shows a diverging
result from the general survey with a majority of female street children/youth at 55 percent
compared to 45 percent male. This indicates a similar gender distribution comparing to last
years questionnaire survey. However, the 2008 snapshot results emphasised this tendency
further with only 190 male out of the 518 street children/youth counted (36.7 percent).
CSCN
60 CSCN Street Children Profile 2009