Why do Kenyan children live on the streets? Evidence from a cross-section of semi-rural maternal caregivers

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• 作者：Michael L. Goodman^a ; ^b ; ^{mlgoodman15@gmail.com} ; Kelli Martinez^a ; Philip H. Keiser^a ; Stanley Gitari^c ; Sarah E. Seidel^b ; ^d
• 关键词：Adverse childhood experiences ; Intergenerational transmission of risk ; Maternal education ; Kenya ; Street-migration ; Street-involved children
• 刊名：Child Abuse & Neglect
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：63
• 期：Complete
• 页码：51-60
• 全文大小：620 K
• 卷排序：63

文摘

Globally, study of factors contributing to the street-migration of the tens of millions of street-involved children focus almost exclusively on children’s perspectives. In this study, we assess household and maternal factors associated with street-migration of children through self-report of 1974 randomly selected women in semi-rural Kenya. Contributing new perspectives on this global phenomenon, data show a statistically significant association between increased maternal childhood adversities and street-migration of children (p < 0.001). Higher household wealth (p < 0.01) and maternal education (p < 0.05) were associated with lower odds of street-migration of children. Social support, reporting HIV+, school enrollment of biologically-related children, overall health, reported alcohol use, and functional literacy significantly mediated these pathways. Protecting children from street-migration in the next generation requires reducing childhood adversities in the present generation.