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Table 1 Characteristics of UASC by month

From: Community-based surveillance of unaccompanied and separated children in drought-affected northern Ethiopia

 

Month

  

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

Total

%

Sex

 Male

15

7

4

1

1

4

32

66.7

 Female

8

1

5

0

1

1

16

33.3

Direction

 Arrived

6

6

4

0

2

3

21

43.8

 Departed

11

1

5

1

0

0

18

37.5

 Same community

6

1

0

0

0

2

9

18.8

Age

 0–4 years

2

1

1

0

0

1

5

10.4

 5–9 years

1

2

2

0

0

2

7

14.6

 10–14 years

9

1

1

1

2

2

16

33.3

 15–17 years

7

4

4

0

0

0

15

31.3

 Don’t know

4

0

1

0

0

0

5

10.4

Status

 Separated

12

5

5

0

2

5

29

60.4

 Unaccompanied

11

3

4

1

0

0

19

39.6

Current Caregiver

 Uncle/aunt/grandparent

5

3

2

0

0

5

15

31.3

 Sibling

4

0

0

0

0

0

4

8.3

 Other family

0

1

2

0

0

0

3

6.3

 Non-family adult

0

1

1

0

1

0

3

6.3

 Other children

7

1

4

1

0

0

13

27.1

 Alone

3

1

0

0

1

0

5

10.4

 Don’t know

4

1

0

0

0

0

5

10.4

Reason

 Death of Parents

10

3

2

0

2

0

17

35.4

 Work

8

4

4

1

0

0

17

35.4

 Guardian Disappearance

0

1

0

0

0

5

6

12.5

 Lack of Food

4

0

1

0

0

0

5

10.4

 School

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

2.1

 Ran away

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

2.1

 Other

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

2.1