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Appendix B: Characteristics of the Sample of Girls Aged 10-16 in Kyaka II (by all, zone
group and age group)
Characteristic Kyaka II All Zone Group 1 Zone Group 2 Self Friend Age Group 10-12 Age Group 13-16
Frequency % within
All
Respondents
Frequency % within
Group 1
Frequency % within
Group 2
Frequency % within
Self
Frequency % within
Friend
Frequency % within
10-12
Frequency % within
13-16
All 212 100.0 112 52.8 100 47.2 93 100.0 119 100.0 81 100.0 127 100.0
Self 93 43.8 49 43.8 44 44.0 93 100.0 0 0.0 35 43.2 58 45.7
Friend 119 56.2 63 56.3 56 56.0 0 0.0 119 100.0 46 56.8 69 54.3
Average age 13.2 N/A 13.28 N/A 13.06 N/A 13.03 N/A 13.29 N/A 11.2 N/A 14.4 N/A
Age group
10-12 81 38.2 38 33.9 43 43.0 35 43.2 46 38.7 81 100 0 0.0
13-16 127 59.9 71 59.7 56 56.0 58 45.7 69 58.0 0 0.0 127 100
Missing 4 1.9 3 2.5 1 1.0 0 0.0 4 3.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Nationality
Congolese 189 89.2 98 87.5 98 87.5 81 87.1 108 90.8 74 91.4 111 87.4
Rwandan 17 8.0 12 10.7 12 10.7 7 7.5 10 8.4 5 6.2 12 9.4
Burundian 6 2.8 2 1.8 2 1.8 5 5.4 1 0.8 2 2.5 4 3.1
Status
Refugee 209 98.6 109 97.3 100 100.0 92 98.9 117 98.3 79 97.5 126 99.2
Asylum seeker 3 1.4 3 2.7 0 0.0 1 1.1 2 1.7 2 2.5 1 0.8
Average
5.85 N/A 5.2 N/A 6.6 N/A 6.2 N/A 5.6 N/A 5.3 N/A 6.2 N/A
years living
in Kyaka II
Average number
6.1 N/A 6.4 N/A 5.9 N/A 6.7 N/A 5.7 N/A 6 N/A 6.3 N/A
of family
cohabitants
Family
cohabitants
Mother 161 75.9 82 73.2 79 79.0 65 69.9 96 80.7 62 76.5 96 75.6
Father 114 53.8 52 46.4 62 62.0 44 47.3 70 58.8 47 58.0 64 50.4
Sisters 143 67.5 76 67.9 67 67.0 59 63.4 84 70.6 55 67.9 85 66.9
Brothers 132 62.3 70 62.5 62 62.0 54 58.1 78 65.5 48 59.3 81 63.8
Other 37 17.5 26 23.2 11 11.0 21 22.6 16 13.4 11 13.6 25 19.7
Alone 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0