title: [Street children in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: causes for leaving home].
abstract: The purpose of this report is to describe the results of a survey conducted in 2004 among a cohort of 310 street children in Bukavu DR Congo to determine sociodemographic features and the reasons that led them to leave the homes of their parents. The causes were school dropout due either to the inability of the parents to pay or refusal to study, death or separation of parents, family dispute, feelings of injustice or discrimination within the family, and a desire for freedom. Street life depersonalizes children, subjects them to the law of the strongest, and exposes them to drugs and prostitution.
authors.affiliation: Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bukavu, République Démocratique du Congo. witumbulavincent@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Witumbula Katambwe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kizanda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wabatinga Kyalemaninwa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020954:Single-Parent Family / Q000523:psychology; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology