Family Socio-Economic Status and Increase Influx of Street Children in Jinja Manucipality, Jinja District.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS viii

ABSTRACT ix

LIST OF TABLE x

LIST OF FIGURES xi

CIIAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background 1

1.2 Statement of the problem 3

1,3. General objective 5

1 .4 Objectives 5

1.5 Research questions 5

1.6 Scope of the study 5

1.6.1 Content Scope 5

1 .6.2 Geographical Scope 5

1.6.3 Time/duration 6

1.7 Significance of the study 6

I .8 Justification of the study 6

1.9 Conceptual Framework 7

1 .10 Definition of significance terms 8

ChAPTER TWO 9

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 9

2.1 Introduction 9

2.2 Socio~economic Family status that increase number of street children 9

2.2.1 poverty 10

2.2.2 Family structui’es as leading socio-economic factor to influx of street children phenomenon 10

2.2.3 Child abuse 11

2.3 Effects of influx increase of the street children 12

2.4 Managing the Phenomenon of Street Children 14

2.5 Street children issues 15

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2.6 Theoretical frame~voi~1~.16

2.7 Summary of literature review 17

CHAPTER THREE 18

3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 18

3.1 Introduction 18

3.2 Research design 18

3.3 Area of the study 18

3.4 Population of the study 19

3.5 Sample size and sampling techniques 19

3,5.1 Sampling size 19

3.5.2 Sampling techniques 19

3.6 Data collection methods and instruments 20

3.6.1 Interview 20

3.6.2 Questionnaire 20

3.6.3 Observation 20

3.6.4 Focus Group Discussion 21

3.7 Quality control methods 21

3.8 Data Analysis techniques 22

3.9 Ethical considerations 22

3.10 Limitations 22

CHAPTER FOUR 23

DATA PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION 23

4.1 Introduction 23

4.2 Background information about respondents 23

4.3 Socio-econornic factors contributing to increase of street children 25

4.3.1:Poverty 26

4.3.2: Family structures contributing to increase in street children 29

4.3.3: Child abuse as a social factor that increases influx of street children in Jinja municipality 30

4.4 Effects of influx increase of the street children 31

4.5 Managing the Phenomenon of Street Children 32

4.6 Interpretation 32

ChAPTER FiVE 34

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 34

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5. 1 Introduction .34

5.2 Summary of the findings 34

5.2.1 Summary of findings on the socio-econornic factors that contribute to the influx of street children.34

5.2.2 Summary of findings on the effects of the problem of street children 35

5.2.3 Summary of findings on what the Jinja municipality management done to curb the phenomenon of

the street children 35

5.3 Conclusions 35

5.4 Recommendations 36

5.5 Suggestions for further research 36

REFERENCES 37

APPENDICES 39

Appendix 1: Questionnaire for the street children 39

Appendix 2: Questionnaire for the community members (parents) 43

Appendix 3: Questionnare for the Rehabilitation Center Administrators 45