Citation

Sayem AM, Kidd SA. Int. J. Adolesc. Med. Health 2013; 25(1): 39-45.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Freund Publishing)

DOI

10.1515/ijamh-2013-0005

PMID

23446939

Abstract

This study was carried out to identify the factors affecting resilience among street children. The study used a convenience sample of 366 male street children aged 14-17 years in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. The levels of resilience among the street children were mostly moderately low-low (54.1%), followed by low (29.0%), and moderately high-high resilience (16.9%). Multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated that the pre-street factors of education, economic constraint in the family, as well as experiencing and witnessing domestic violence were associated with resilience, with associated street characteristics being drug abuse, experiencing and witnessing violence on street, access to prevention services, and political involvement.

Language: en