@article{ref1,
title="Why do Kenyan children live on the streets? Evidence from a cross-section of semi-rural maternal caregivers",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2016",
author="Goodman, Michael L. and Martinez, Kelli and Keiser, Philip H. and Gitari, Stanley and Seidel, Sarah E.",
volume="63",
number="",
pages="51-60",
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.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.10.018",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.10.018"
}