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14.9 CARE AND SUPPORT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLECHILDRENAmong all households in <strong>Kenya</strong>, 18.4% included an OVC and 11.4% included more than oneOVC. Among households with at least one OVC, 38.2% had one OVC and 61.8% includedmore than one OVC (data not shown).Of the 11.0% HIV‐affected households in the survey, 79.9% had at least one child under the ageof 18 years, out of which 36.5% had at least one OVC. Among the unaffected households, 75.2%had at least one child, out of which a significantly lower percent had at least one OVC (19.4%).For consistency with other population‐based surveys that capture and present data on care andsupport for OVCs, Table 14.9 is limited to the 84.4% of all reported OVCs for whom completecare and support information was available.Table 14.9 External support for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.Type of external support received by households with OVCaged 0-17 years in the 12 months preceding the survey (%):Schoolsupport(ages 5Social/ yearsEmotional Material practical and Any Nosupport support support older) support supportAlltypes ofsupportBackgroundcharacteristicsMedicalsupportAge group0-4 5.4 15.1 9.7 4.9 n/a 19.7 80.3 0.005-9 5.8 12.0 8.4 2.9 12.5 22.7 77.3 0.0710-14 3.2 11.8 7.7 3.0 11.9 21.5 78.5 0.0015-17 4.9 9.4 8.9 2.7 12.6 20.8 79.2 0.08

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