Table 1. Socio-demographic description of the samples.

		STch	Con
N. Tot		31	31
n. male		16	15
Age (years)		7.65 SE 0.30	7.77 SE 0.32
Schooling (years)		2.55 SE 0.24	2.45 SE 0.23
First Language (%)	Temne	61.29	9.67
	Mende	22.58	9.67
	Limba	9.68	35.48
	Krio	0	12.90
	English	0	16.12
	Other	6.45	16.13
Homeless children (%)		100	0
Daytime spent on the street (hours)		8.3 SE 0.26	2 SE 0.06
Night-time spent on the street (hours)		10.74 SE 0.11	0 SE 0.03
Street-activities (%)	Provide food and shelter	91	0
	Work	89	0
	Robberies	77	4.6
	Play	69.41	88
Health care coverage (%) a		12	87.86
Access to basic needs (%) b		20.15	96
Critical life events (%)	Physical Abuse	50	18.6
	Sexual Abuse	18.6	0
	Physical & Sexual Abuses	22	0
	Mourning	86.57	46.82
Presence of an Adult Caregiver (%)		2	100
Monthly family Income in Leones (%)	<200,000 Le	100	2.43
	200,000–500,000 Le	0	13.58
	500,000–700,000 Le	0	37.73
	>700,000 Le	0	17.64
Caregivers' Schooling (years)		-	5 SE 0.54
Caregivers' Employment (%)	Full-time salaried jobs c	-	7.12
	Occasional job	-	23.15
	Trader	-	25.6
	Driver	-	12.69
	Artisan	-	16.02
	Miner	-	15.42

Street-children (STch) and controls (Con) socio-demographic characteristics. Numbers may not add to total due to missing data or rounding.

^a–Health care coverage was defined as children’s access to preventive healthcare (i.e., vaccination, disease screening, malaria protection) and basic disease treatments (i.e., treatment of malaria, fever and diarrhea).

^b–Access of basic needs was defined as children’s possibility to obtain adequate food, clean water, clothes and shelter.

^c–Full-time salaried jobs comprehend physician, nurse, educator, employee, social worker.