Table 3.

Reasons for transfer out of the natal home for children living away from both biological parents (n = 48 of 282; fostered: n = 39, adopted: n = 9) and reasons for the other parent’s absence for children living with one biological parent (n = 44 of 282) reported as % of children

	Parents Present		Neither Parent Present
Reason for Parental Absence	One	None	Fostered	Adopted
Labor migration	13.6	27.1	33.3	—
Separation of parents	70.5	16.7	10.3	44.4
Both migration and separation	—	27.1	28.2	22.2
Split household	4.5	—	—	—
Death of a parent	11.4	—	—	—
Evacuation after natural disaster	—	2.1	2.6	—
Rejection by biological parents	—	2.1	—	11.1
Abuse in the natal home	—	4.2	2.6	11.1
To attend school	—	4.2	5.1	—
No reason provided	—	16.7	17.9	11.1