Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia

Drawing on original fieldwork in the slums of Ndola in Northern Zambia we isolate those features of a child's nuclear and extended family that put him most at risk of ending up on the streets. We find that older, male children and particularly orphaned children are more likely to wind up on the...

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Main Authors:	Strobbe, Francesco, Olivetti, Claudia, Jacobson, Mireille
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	poverty extended family orphans street children human capital
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13367

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spelling	okr-10986-133672021-04-23T14:03:08Z Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia Strobbe, Francesco Olivetti, Claudia Jacobson, Mireille poverty extended family orphans street children human capital Drawing on original fieldwork in the slums of Ndola in Northern Zambia we isolate those features of a child's nuclear and extended family that put him most at risk of ending up on the streets. We find that older, male children and particularly orphaned children are more likely to wind up on the street. Families with a male household head who is in poor health are more likely to originate street-connected children. In contrast, households with surviving maternal grandparents or with a male head who has many sisters are significantly less likely to originate street-connected children. 2013-05-10T18:37:18Z 2013-05-10T18:37:18Z 2012-10-12 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13367 en_US Journal of Development Studies; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Zambia
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description	Drawing on original fieldwork in the slums of Ndola in Northern Zambia we isolate those features of a child's nuclear and extended family that put him most at risk of ending up on the streets. We find that older, male children and particularly orphaned children are more likely to wind up on the street. Families with a male household head who is in poor health are more likely to originate street-connected children. In contrast, households with surviving maternal grandparents or with a male head who has many sisters are significantly less likely to originate street-connected children.
format	Journal Article
author	Strobbe, Francesco Olivetti, Claudia Jacobson, Mireille
author_facet	Strobbe, Francesco Olivetti, Claudia Jacobson, Mireille
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title	Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia
title_short	Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia
title_full	Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia
title_fullStr	Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia
title_full_unstemmed	Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia
title_sort	breaking the net : family structure and street-connected children in zambia
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Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia

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