TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Why do Kenyan children live on the streets? Evidence from a cross-section of semi-rural maternal caregivers
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Goodman, Michael L.
A1  - Martinez, Kelli
A1  - Keiser, Philip H.
A1  - Gitari, Stanley
A1  - Seidel, Sarah E.
SP  - 51
EP  - 60
VL  - 63
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.10.018
ID  - ref1
ER  -