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Table 5 Demographic characteristics from sample of children whose fathers were LRA combatants, by gender and total

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 traced

9

12

21

Average age at time of interview

7

9.25

8.3

Minimum age (years)

3

4

3

Maximum age (years)

12

14

14

Percent living in rural area

92

67

81

Percent of those eligible enrolled at any level of schoola

60

82

81

Percent of those eligible who dropped out or never enrolleda

40

18

19

Average age at GUSCO (years)

2

2.6

2.3

Minimum age at GUSCO (weeks)

32

2

2

Maximum age at GUSCO (years)

3

5

5

Percent at GUSCO 1997–2001

22

17

19

Percent at GUSCO 2002–2005

11

50

33

Percent at GUSCO 2006–2012

67%

33%

48%

  1. aPlease note that eligibility was determined by those aged 6 years or older