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)