Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of street children in Addis Ababa, January, 2011 (N = 422).
| Variables | Male | Female | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | No | % | No | % | |
| Type of street life | ||||||
| On the street | 48 | 15.3 | 65 | 60.2 | 113 | 26.8 |
| Off the street | 266 | 84.7 | 43 | 39.8 | 309 | 73.2 |
| Sex | 314 | 74.4 | 108 | 25.6 | 422 | 100 |
| Age group (in years) | ||||||
| 10–12 | 15 | 4.8 | 4 | 3.7 | 19 | 4.5 |
| 13–15 | 100 | 31.8 | 28 | 25.9 | 128 | 30.3 |
| 16–18 | 199 | 63.4 | 76 | 70.4 | 275 | 65.2 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Orthodox Christian | 176 | 56.1 | 46 | 42.6 | 222 | 52.6 |
| Muslim | 52 | 16.6 | 20 | 18.5 | 72 | 17.1 |
| Protestant | 57 | 18.2 | 39 | 36.1 | 96 | 22.7 |
| Catholic | 11 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.6 |
| Has no religion | 18 | 5.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 21 | 5.0 |
| Ethnic group | ||||||
| Amhara | 102 | 32.5 | 27 | 25 | 129 | 30.6 |
| Oromo | 97 | 30.9 | 40 | 37 | 137 | 32.5 |
| Tigry | 52 | 16.6 | 23 | 21.3 | 75 | 17.9 |
| Others | 63 | 20.1 | 18 | 16.7 | 14 | 2.5 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 285 | 90.8 | 63 | 58.3 | 348 | 82.5 |
| Married | 13 | 4.1 | 25 | 23.1 | 38 | 9.0 |
| Divorced | 16 | 5.1 | 20 | 18.5 | 36 | 8.5 |
| Educational level | ||||||
| Never attend | 33 | 10.5 | 6 | 5.6 | 39 | 9.2 |
| Read and write only | 31 | 9.9 | 15 | 13.9 | 46 | 20.1 |
| 1–4 grades | 98 | 31.2 | 44 | 40.7 | 142 | 53.8 |
| 5–8 grades | 147 | 46.8 | 40 | 37.0 | 187 | 44.3 |
| 9–12 grades | 5 | 1.6 | 3 | 2.8 | 8 | 19 |
| Duration on the street | ||||||
| 90 | 28.7 | 15 | 13.9 | 105 | 24.9 | |
| 1–3 years | 145 | 46.2 | 71 | 65.7 | 216 | 51.2 |
| 3–5 years | 46 | 14.6 | 21 | 19.4 | 67 | 15.9 |
| 33 | 10.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 34 | 8.1 | |
| Currently living with | ||||||
| Peers | 218 | 69.4 | 53 | 49.1 | 271 | 64.2 |
| Alone | 49 | 15.6 | 10 | 9.3 | 59 | 14.0 |
| Boy/girlfriend | 22 | 7.0 | 23 | 21.3 | 45 | 10.7 |
| Parents | 24 | 7.6 | 19 | 17.6 | 43 | 10.2 |
| Others | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.9 |