Table 6.

Study 2 free list responses, problems of children on the street, all centers (N = 51).

Q. What are the problems of children who spend time on the street?	Number reporting
Begging	26
Are needy/poor	25
Don't have parents, or relatives/orphan	22
Sniff glue/toxic mania	21
Don't have a house	19
Have a desire to steal to satisfy their wishes	17
Kid wants to be free	14
Hunger	14
Parents force them to be in the street	11
Misbehave	9
Lack the warmth/attention of parents	9
Beating	8
Cannot get along with parents/relationship problems	8
Don't have friends/laughed at	7
Study problems	6
Problems of clothes	6
Smoking cigarettes	6
Alcoholic parent	5
When parents are far away	5
Are ashamed of begging	4
Leave home stealthily (run away without permission)	4
Health problems	4
Parents make them beg	4