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Overall, 52.3% percent of children aged 0‐17 years were living with both parents. Olderchildren aged 15‐17 years were marginally less likely to live with both parents (45.3%) thanchildren in other age categories (47.2%‐57.5%) as were children in Coast province (45.0%)and Nyanza province (47.0%) compared to children in other provinces (49.6%‐59.7%). Theestimate was similar in rural and urban areas and for children of both sexes.While 31.3% of children lived with their mothers only, 3.8% lived with their fathers only.Among all children aged 0‐17 years, 12.1% were lived without either parent; 8.5% wereliving without either parent, though both parents were alive. At the time of the survey, 8.6%of children had lost their fathers, 4.0% had lost their mothers and 1.7% had lost both of theirparents. The proportions were similar for children under 15 years of age.Table 14.8b Children aged 0-17 years who were orphaned or vulnerable, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.Sex ofhouseholdheadMaleChronically illparent 1(%)Adult deathinhousehold 2(%)Chronically illadult inhousehold 1,2,3(%)Vulnerable 4children(%)One orbothparentsdead(%)Orphansandvulnerable 4children(%)4.8 1.2 6.0 7.4 5.1 11.4Female 4.0 2.9 5.3 8.5 19.9 25.0Sex of Male 3.8 1.8 5.2 5.6 11.1 16.2child Female 4.2 1.9 5.8 5.9 11.2 16.8ProvinceNairobi 2.7 1.5 3.4 4.1 10.8 13.9Central 1.9 1.0 3.2 2.9 7.4 10.6Coast 2.0 2.2 2.8 4.1 9.1 13.0Eastern 2.7 1.4 4.8 3.9 11.7 15.8NorthEastern 0.8 0.5 0.9 1.3 6.6 8.7Nyanza 6.2 3.4 9.0 9.3 20.9 29.3RiftValley 5.2 1.8 5.8 7.0 7.4 13.0Western 4.4 1.3 6.3 5.7 9.5 16.4Residenc Rural 3.9 1.9 5.5 5.7 11.5 16.9e Urban 4.5 1.6 5.5 6.1 8.6 14.5Age group(years)0-4 years 3.7 1.5 5.0 5.1 7.8 9.75-9 years 3.7 1.6 4.9 5.2 10.0 15.010-14years 4.4 2.2 5.8 6.4 16.3 21.615-17years 4.8 2.5 8.1 7.3 21.5 28.4Total 4.0 1.8 5.5 5.7 11.1 15.81Chronically ill defined as too sick to work or do normal activities for at least 3 of the 12 months precedingthe <strong>KAIS</strong> interview2Adult aged 18-64 years3 Chronically ill adult in household could be a parent or any non-parent adult aged 18-64 years4Vulnerable child defined as a child aged 0-17 years living in a household in which 1) an adult aged 18-64years had been chronically ill; 2) an adult had died in the 12 months preceding the survey; or 3) a childwhose mother or father was not living in the same household but had been chronically ill.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 261

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