Phang Nga. 151 of 210 affected children (71 .S%)
in Phang Nga were follow up in the second
assessment and 115 of 151 (75.2% of affected
children from the second assessment) were follow
up in third assessment respectively. The first
assessment, 54.3% were female, 91.4% were
Buddhist, 99.6% were studying, their mean age
was 10.3 years (SD=2.1), 2.9% lost both parents,
and most of them was displaced in temporary
shelters. One fourth of the affected children in
Phang Nga were still living in the temporary
shelters when the second assessment was
conducted nine months post-tsunami. No displaced
children were in temporary shelters at 3 years
after tsunami.