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Citation |
Goodman ML, Martinez K, Keiser PH, Gitari S, Seidel SE. Child Abuse Negl. 2016; 63: 51-60. |
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Affiliation |
Sodzo International, Houston, TX 77002, United States; University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin, TX 78701, United States. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing) |
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27907845 |
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Abstract |
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. Language: en |