A study in northern Uganda compared the experiences of former child soldiers to other youth and found that __________

a) the child soldiers had been abducted when they were between 5 and 17 years old
b) the average age of abduction for child soldiers was 8
c) nearly one quarter of child soldiers had killed someone
d) one-half of child soldiers had been beaten


Answer: a

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