TABLE 8. DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO CHILDREN’S AGE GROUPS CHILDREN’S AGE GROUP 31 – 45 21 – 30 13-20 12-younger TOTAL 1 TUMAG A (f =28) f % 1 3.6 6 21.4 9 32.1 12 42.9 28 100 2 SAN ROQUE (f =25) f 2 5 8 10 25 % 8 20 32 40 100 3 STA MARIA (f =17) F 1 3 8 5 17 % 5.9 17.6 47.1 29.4 100 4 MERCEDES 5 PASONANCA (f =12) (f =7) f 0 1 3 8 12 % 0 8.3 25 66.7 100 f 0 1 2 4 7 % 0 14.3 28.6 57.1 100 TOTAL % (f =89) 4 16 30 39 89 Table 8 presents the distribution of respondents according to their children’s age groups. Data shows that thirty-nine (39) or forty-three point eight percent (43.8%) of the respondent-survivors were others of children aged 12 or younger; thirty (30) or thirty-three point percent (33.8%) were aged 13-20 years old; sixteen (16) or eighteen percent (18%) were aged 21-30; and four (4) or four point four percent (4.4%) belonged to the 31-45 age bracket. These indicate that most of the survivor-respondents’ children were minors, belonging to the age brackets of 12-younger followed by those belonging to the age bracket of 13-20. 77 4.4 18 33.8 43.8 100