Variable | Street boys No. (%) | School boys No. (%) |
Age |
|
|
Range | 9 - 16 years old | 9 - 17 years |
Mean | 12.3 years old | 12.2 years |
Number of sibling |
|
|
1 - 5 | 9 (7.5) | 4 (3.3) |
6 - 12 | 96 (80) | 98 (81.6) |
>12 | 15 (12.5) | 18 (15) |
Economic state* |
|
|
Good | 0 (0) | 17 (14.1) |
Medium | 18 (15) | 65 (54.1) |
Low | 102 (85) | 38 (31.6) |
Father education |
|
|
Illiterate | 88 (73.3) | 24 (20) |
Primary | 11 (9.1) | 36 (25) |
Secondary | 18 (15) | 33 (27.5) |
University | 3 (2.5) | 27 (22.5) |
Mother education |
|
|
Illiterate | 104 (86.6) | 67 (55.8) |
Primary | 11 (9.1) | 30 (25) |
Secondary | 4 (3.3) | 15 (12.5) |
University | 1 (0.8) | 8 (6.6) |
Parent death |
|
|
Father death | 11 (9.1) | 4 (3.3) |
Mother death | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) |
Father work |
|
|
No work or retired | 21 (17.5) | 12 (10) |
Worker | 64 (53.3) | 30 (25) |
Peshmergah or solider | 14 (11.6) | 9 (7.5) |
Regular employment | 21 (17.5) | 65 (54.2) |
Higher business class | 0 (0) | 4 (3.3) |
Mother work |
|
|
House wife | 116 (96.7) | 103 (85.8) |
Regular employment | 4 (3.3) | 17 (14.1) |
Reasons of working on the streets |
|
|
Children interest or peer pressure |
| 26 (21.7) |
Family pressures |
| 94(78.3) |