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CAMBODIA DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY 2005 (CDHS 2005)

 

Table : Children's living arrangements and orphan hood

Percent distribution of children under age 18 by children's living arrangements and survival status of parents, the percentage of children not living with a biological parent, and the percentage of children with one or both parents dead, according to background characteristics, Cambodia 2005

Background characteristic	Living with both parents	Living with mother but not father		Living with father not mother		Living with either parent				Missing information on father/mother	Total	Percentage with one or both parents dead	Number of children
		Father alive	Father dead	Mother alive	Mother dead	Both live	only father alive	only mother alive	Both dead
Age
0-4	87.2	6.0	1.8	0.5	0.3	3.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	100.0	2.7	7,793
<2	89.1	6.3	1.3	0.4	0.4	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	100.0	2.0	3,204
2-4	85.9	5.8	2.1	0.5	0.3	4.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	100.0	3.2	4,590
5-9	82.0	5.8	4.1	0.5	0.7	5.0	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.2	100.0	6.5	8,463
10-14	75.6	5.8	7.1	0.8	1.4	5.9	0.9	1.2	1.1	0.3	100.0	11.7	10,349
15-17	70.0	4.9	9.8	1.0	2.0	7.1	1.1	1.6	1.4	1.2	100.0	15.9	5,227
Sex
Male	79.6	5.2	5.6	0.8	1.2	5.0	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.4	100.0	9.0	16,018
Female	78.8	6.2	5.4	0.6	0.9	5.4	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.4	100.0	8.6	15,814
Residence
Urban	75.7	6.2	5.9	0.7	1.0	7.0	0.9	0.8	1.2	0.6	100.0	9.7	4,374
Rural	79.8	5.6	5.4	0.7	1.1	4.9	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.4	100.0	8.6	27,458
Province
Banteay Mean Chey	82.6	1.2	5.0	0.2	0.8	6.5	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	100.0	9.0	1,362
Kampong Cham	77.5	5.9	5.5	0.8	0.8	6.7	0.4	1.3	0.5	0.4	100.0	8.6	4,053
Kampong Chhnang	78.7	7.7	5.8	0.6	0.6	4.7	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.6	100.0	7.7	1,203
Kampong Speu	77.0	8.4	5.9	1.1	0.5	4.8	0.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	100.0	8.2	1,870
Kampong Thom	81.7	4.4	5.7	0.5	1.5	4.1	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.2	100.0	9.2	1,623
Kandal	81.3	5.5	5.8	1.1	1.2	3.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.2	100.0	8.7	2,973
Kratie	81.1	7.5	3.4	0.7	1.4	3.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	100.0	6.5	694
Phnom Penh	72.8	7.5	5.6	0.5	0.4	9.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.0	100.0	9.1	2,276
Prey Veng	73.9	10.7	4.3	0.8	2.2	6.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	100.0	7.5	2,502
Pursat	81.8	5.1	5.9	0.7	0.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.4	0.5	100.0	9.3	1,019
Siem Reap	80.4	3.2	6.2	0.5	1.2	5.1	0.8	1.3	1.2	0.2	100.0	10.6	2,340
Svauy Rieng	82.0	4.6	4.4	0.1	1.2	5.1	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.1	100.0	8.1	1,261
Takeo	80.6	4.6	5.3	0.7	1.4	5.3	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	100.0	8.3	2,205
Otdar Mean Chey	79.7	3.6	10.4	0.3	0.7	2.8	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.1	100.0	13.5	411
Banttambang/ Krong Paillin	79.9	3.9	6.3	0.7	0.8	4.4	0.7	1.6	1.5	0.3	100.0	10.8	2,344
Kampot/Krong Kep	80.6	5.0	4.9	0.5	1.4	5.1	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.4	100.0	8.4	1,639
Krong Preash Sihanouk/   Kaoh Kong	78.2	9.4	4.7	0.5	0.5	4.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.3	100.0	6.7	779
Preah Vihear/Steung Steng	85.0	2.9	5.3	0.5	1.0	2.2	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.4	100.0	9.0	723
Mondoul Kiri/Rattanakiri	87.8	2.5	4.0	0.1	1.2	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.7	0.2	100.0	6.9	556
Wealth quintile
Lowest	77.4	7.0	6.9	0.3	1.7	4.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.4	100.0	10.6	7,269
Second	80.6	5.6	6.2	0.9	1.0	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.3	100.0	8.8	6,687
Middle	81.7	5.1	4.3	0.6	1.1	4.9	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.3	100.0	7.4	6,407
Fourth	79.8	4.7	5.4	0.9	0.7	5.6	0.5	1.3	0.9	0.2	100.0	8.7	6,138
Highest	76.4	6.1	4.2	0.7	0.8	8.1	0.6	1.3	1.1	0.8	100.0	8.0	5,330
Total<15	81.1	5.9	4.6	0.6	0.9	4.8	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	100.0	7.4	26,606
Total<18	79.2	5.7	5.5	0.7	1.1	5.2	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.4	100.0	8.8	31,832

Note : Table is based on de jure household members, i.e., usual household members.