Table 1.
Distribution and profile of children (aged 0–17 years) in foster care in Uganda in 2011.
| Total number of children | Proportion of children fostered (Number) | Profile of children in foster carea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-orphans (%) | Orphans |
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| Maternal (%) | Paternal (%) | Double (%) | ||||
| Age | ||||||
| 0–4 | 8361 | 9.1% (761) | 85.7 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 3.3 |
| 5–9 | 7688 | 18.9% (1453) | 70.4 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 7.4 |
| 10–14 | 6659 | 25.3% (1685) | 61.7 | 9.1 | 16.6 | 12.6 |
| 15–17 | 2875 | 29.7% (854) | 60.3 | 8.4 | 16.2 | 14.8 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 12,947 | 17.4% (2253) | 66.7 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 10.9 |
| Female | 12,636 | 19.8% (2502) | 69.2 | 8.1 | 14.6 | 8.6 |
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 3058 | 22.5% (688) | 67.1 | 8.0 | 16.4 | 8.4 |
| Rural | 22,525 | 18.1% (4077) | 68.0 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 9.9 |
| Total | 25,583 | 18.6% (4758) | 67.7 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 9.7 |
a
Includes children with missing information on their parents' survival status so percentages will not add up to 100%.
Adapted from UDHS 2011 child living arrangements data (Table 2.10).