Table 2. Demographic characteristics of families of the 1216 women interviewed.

Number of women interviewed	1216
Median age of women	35.0 years
Median family size	7.0
Total number of children 15 and under	3663
Number of children under age 5	1013 (27.6%)
Median age of all children aged 15 and under	8.0 years
Median number of children per family	3.0 children
Children attending school at the time of displacement	2335
Children currently attending school	789 (33.8%)
Total number of male children aged 15 and under	1910 (52.1%)
Female headed families	215 (17.1%)
Illiterate women	319 (26.2%)
Women completed primary school or able to read and write	690 (56.8%)
Women not working outside the family	1153 (94.8%)
Median number of times family displaced	2.0 (range 1-10)