Impact Of Climate Change On Children

Children’s Schooling Affected by Natural Disaster

Household self-reports on whether children’s schooling has been affected by any natural disaster in the past year, rural
Province	Extremely Affected (%age)	Extremely or Moderately Affected (%age)
National	20	29
Punjab	22	23
Sindh	25	42
Balochistan	17	36
KP	13	16
AJK	34	36
GB	27	28
ASER Report 2023

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