Why do some boys run away from home?
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-79885
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Insufficient research has been done to look for the factors compelling children to make street, their home. The study was conducted at a Child Observation Home to which street children from all over Delhi, are brought.METHODS:
Each boy admitted during the specified 6 months period was interviewed. Chi2 and Fisher's test were applied. A total of 400 boys were studied, 9.8% of these had not run away from their homes and 89.2% were "Runaways". These two groups were compared and following factors were found associated with the "Runaway" group.RESULT:
Majority (55%) had left home between 10-12 year of age. They were more from "Joint" families. A higher percentage had literate fathers. A higher percentage had no parent earning and a higher proportion of "Not Runaways" had only the mother earning. Presence of a step parent, guardian other than the parents and intra-familial physical abuse were found associated with "Runaway" group.CONCLUSION:
The most common reason for running away was; beating by parents/relatives, followed by a desire for economic independence (28.5%). Other reasons were maltreatment by step parent/s, being both parents dead argument with parent etc. The factors emerging can be useful for identifying high-risk families with children in pre adolescent age and hence for prevention and rehabilitation.
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Assunto principal:
Comportamento de Esquiva
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Criança
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Comportamento Infantil
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Adolescente
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Jovens em Situação de Rua
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Tomada de Decisões
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Índia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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