Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the study participants
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 26 | 10.6 |
Male | 220 | 89.4 | |
Age (years) | < 20 | 95 | 38.6 |
20–29 | 123 | 50.0 | |
> 29 | 28 | 11.4 | |
Marital status | Single | 242 | 98.4 |
Married | 1 | 0.4 | |
Widowed | 1 | 0.4 | |
Divorced | 2 | 0.8 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 70 | 28.5 |
Elementary | 160 | 65.0 | |
High school | 16 | 6.5 | |
Enforcing factors for street dwelling | Poverty | 48 | 19.5 |
Addiction | 86 | 35 | |
Divorce and family problem | 12 | 4.9 | |
Pregnancy associated | 4 | 1.6 | |
Peer pressure | 84 | 34.15 | |
Education associated | 12 | 4.934 | |
Street dwelling duration | 1 month | 1 | 0.4 |
1 year | 81 | 32.9 | |
2 years | 88 | 35.8 | |
> 2 years | 76 | 30.9 |