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Reasons for Living and/or Working on the Streets – Kampong Cham 2009
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Analysing the data, poverty appears to be the main reason for why children/youth end
up living or working on the streets – both in the location specific context of Kampong
Cham, by comparing to last years results, and reflecting the general results of the CSCN
questionnaire survey. Out of the total questionnaires in Kampong Cham, 82.1 percent of
the street children/youth explain their situation as a consequence of poverty. Compared
to last year’s CSCN profile, this indicates a decrease as all of the street children/youth
related their situation to poverty in 2008, though this is still the most notable reason this
year. Additionally, as poverty encourages the movement of people, a correlation which
is identified in the graphs, the second most answered reason for working or living on
the streets is migration (16.4 percent), closely followed by family issues (14.9 percent)
and friends (11.9 percent).
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According to Mith Samlanh in Kampong Cham, poverty as a consequence of
unemployment has increased as a result of the general economic downturn in Cambodia,
leaving an increasing number of people without job opportunities.
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CSCN Street Children Profile 2009
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