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Internally displaced personsin Colombia. A motherhugs her surviving son; herother son was murdered byparamilitaries after they forcedher and her family to flee theirhome in Colombia.32 UNHCR Global Trends 2010
IXDemographic andlocation characteristicsUNHCR offices in the Field were encouraged to collect and disseminate sex and agedisaggregatedinformation on persons of concern. Location data is crucial for identifying gapsin interventions and disparities in legal and physical protection. Demographic data is critical forplanning, implementing, and evaluating humanitarian support and programmes.UNHCR / B. HegerDemographic characteristicsThe demographic information availableon persons of concern to UNHCR waspartial and variable across countries andpopulation categories. UNHCR effortsto improve availability of demographicdata have yielded significant results inrecent years. By the end of 2010, demographicdata was available for 21 millionpersons of concern in over 140 countries.In absolute terms, the availability of sexand age-disaggregated data for personsof concern to the Office has almost doubledsince 2005, increasing from 11 to21 million. In relative terms, however,availability has remained relativelystable compared to previous years withslightly over 60 per cent coverage forpersons of concern. The availability ofdemographic data varied significantlydepending on the type of population andthe region. Data availability was highfor refugees (72%), IDPs (70%), refugeereturnees (90%), and others of concern(86%); and low for IDP returnees (19%)and stateless persons (26%). The availabilityof data also differed by region. Inthe Americas, and in the Middle Eastand North Africa regions, demographicinformation for all persons of concernwas available for 89 and 79 per cent respectively.This was compared to slightlyover 50 per cent available in Asia andin Africa. Europe was the only regionwhere demographic data was availablefor less than half of all persons of concernby the end of 2010.The available data by sex (21 millionpeople) showed that women representedabout half (49%) of most populationsfalling under UNHCR’s responsibility.They constituted 47 per cent of refugees,50 per cent of IDPs and returnedrefugees, and 53 per cent of statelesspersons (35) . In terms of refugees, womenrepresented less than half of these populationsin most regions. The lowest proportionof refugee women was found inEurope (44%), and the highest in CentralAfrica and the Great Lakes region (53%).The averages, however, hid significantvariations across locations. Among themajor refugee-hosting countries, thepercentage of refugee women rangedfrom 57 per cent in Chad to 31 per centin Malaysia. (36)ageInformation on the age breakdown wasavailable for 14.1 million (42%) of the 33.9million persons of concern to UNHCR.The data coverage was relatively highfor refugees (65%) and refugee returnees(86%). On average, some 47 per cent ofpersons of concern were children underthe age of 18, 11 per cent of whomwere under the age of five. About halfof the population was between the agesof 18 and 59 years, whereas 5 per centwere 60 years or older. Among refugeesand people in refugee-like situations,children constituted 44 per cent of thepopulation. Their proportion was sig-35 Based on only 26 per cent data coverage for this category. Returned IDPs were excluded due to very low data coverage.36 Figures based on at least 50 per cent data coverage.UNHCR Global Trends 201033
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Page 11 and 12: IIIRefugee populationThe number of
Page 13 and 14: TABLE 1 Refugee population by UNHCR
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