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Indicator description
Indicator: Households with foster children
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of households with foster children. Forster children are those children under 18 living in households with neither their mother nor their father.
Denominator: Households
Group: Households with orphans and foster children
Universe: Households
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: HC_ORPH_H_FOS
Indicator description
Indicator: Households with double orphans
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of households with children whose parents have both died
Denominator: Households
Group: Households with orphans and foster children
Universe: Households
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: HC_ORPH_H_DBL
Indicator description
Indicator: Households with single orphans
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of households with children for whom one parent has died
Denominator: Households
Group: Households with orphans and foster children
Universe: Households
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: HC_ORPH_H_SNG
Indicator description
Indicator: Households with foster children and/or orphan children
Measure: Percent
Definition: Percentage of households with foster children and/or orphan children
Denominator: Households
Group: Households with orphans and foster children
Universe: Households
Type: Indicator
Decimals: 1
Indicator ID: HC_ORPH_H_FOR
DHS Quickstats Indicators

  Indicator Name Indicator Definition Indicator Denominator  
Households with foster children Percentage of households with foster children. Forster children are those children under 18 living in households with neither their mother nor their father. Households (H)
Households with double orphans Percentage of households with children whose parents have both died Households (H)
Households with single orphans Percentage of households with children for whom one parent has died Households (H)
Households with foster children and/or orphan children Percentage of households with foster children and/or orphan children Households (H)