MAPPING OF THE POPULATION AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN ALBANIA Figure 4 shows, only 18% of the Albanian population falls within these age groups.48 This suggests that children are disproportionately at risk of statelessness and that birth registration remains key to solve situations of statelessness in Albania. In quantitative terms, in Albania, children are roughly 95 times more vulnerable to statelessness issues than adults.49 Figure 3: Identified Persons at Risk of Statelessness According to Age Group (Detailed) Figure 4: Distribution of our Sample against Total Population regarding Age Groups An evaluation of the combined variables of age and gender, shows that in the first group (0-5 years old), there are relatively fewer females than males. This is reversed for the second age group, i.e., the relative number of females is higher than the number of males albeit the difference is insignificant. These two age groups (up to 14 years old) include, respectively, 86% of all the females and 89% of all the males. Regarding the rest of the groups, (15-18 years and 19 years or more), they indicate a lower percentage 48 INSTAT, Vjetari Statistikor 2017. 49 This number is the result of the division (97/25.3)/ (3/74.3). The numerator is the ratio between the proportions of children in our sample at risk of statelessness over the proportion of children in the general population. The denominator represents the same ratio for adults. The correct scientific approach would require inferential statistics, probably a multivariate binary logistic regression model. Nonetheless, the latter falls beyond the scope of this report and is not viable due to small sample size and lack of data (explanatory variables). In this case, the measured approximate effect is sufficient to conduct our analysis. UNHCR - TLAS / May 2018 47