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Average age of IDP respondents

IDPs
58%
Hosts
79%

Have secondary education or above

73%

IDPs live with at least one child under 18

32%

IDPs households have at least one household member with disability

All Colombians IDPs in the sample moved due to conflict, violence and insecurity.

70% stayed within their region of origin while 30% crossed regional borders. 57% of IDPs moved once, 24% moved twice and 19% three times or more. The average IDP household has been in its current location for two years and seven months with earliest arrivals dating back from five years before and the latest from 3 months before survey.

Times and duration of displacement
Once
Twice
More than twice
0 years1 year2 years3 years4 years5 years0%10%20%30%40%7.0%2.0%11.0%5.0%2.0%19.0%9.0%7.0%12.0%8.0%5.0%4.0%4.0%2.0%10.0%18.0%35.0%25.0%6.0%6.0%

10%

People in host communities were hosting IDPs at the time of the survey

5%

People in host communities were hosting 1 IDP

83%

IDPs living with hosts were part of their close circle