Table 1 Demographic characteristics of missing individuals
Number of individuals | |
|---|---|
1. Gender | |
Male | 20 |
Female | 4 |
2. Civil status | |
Married | 8 |
Unmarried | 16 |
3. Occupation | |
No occupation | 11 |
Non skilled | 1 |
Skilled | 8 |
Professional | 4 |
4. Level of education | |
No formal education | 2 |
Up to grade 5 | 2 |
Grade 6 to GCE O/L | 9 |
Advanced level | 6 |
Degree | 5 |
5. Ethnicity of disappeared persons | |
Sinhala | 21 |
Tamil | 0 |
Muslim | 3 |
6. Religion of missing person | |
Buddhism | 21 |
Catholicism | 0 |
Hinduism | 0 |
Islam | 3 |
7. Context in which person went missing | |
Tsunami | 6 |
Civil conflict | 18 |
8. Breadwinner of the family | 9 |