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Table 1 Characteristics of UASC by month
| 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 |
