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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of GUSCO sample (excluding children born of war), by gender and total sample

From: Legacies of humanitarian neglect: long term experiences of children who returned from the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda

Sample characteristics

Male

Female

Total sample

Number interviewed

144

65

209

Average age (years)

26

27

26

Minimum age (years)

14

18

14

Maximum age (years)

40

43

43

Percent living in rural area

96

86

93

Percent completed primary school

31

34

32

Percent completed secondary school

26*

5*

19

Average time spent with LRA (years)

1.5*

3.5*

2.25

Minimum time spent with LRA (years)

.003

.003

.003

Maximum time spent with LRA

9

13

13

Percent at GUSCO 1997–2001

36

22

32

Percent at GUSCO 2002–2005

47

63%

52

Percent at GUSCO 2006–2012

17

15%

16

  1. Note: * indicates a statistically significant difference between males and females as determined by t-test with p-value<.05