A Qualitative Study of Georgian Youth Who Are on the Street or Institutionalized

Table 2

Study 1 free list responses, causes of children going to the street, Tbilisi and Gori combined, (𝑁=59).

Q1. What are the causes of children going to the street?	Number reporting
They can’t afford/economic hardship	49
Because of disagreement at home/parents fight	20
Are orphans	22
Parents are drunkards	20
Lack care or attention/lack of guardian	18
Parents force them to make money	15
They have no shelter (homeless)	12
Beat (parents)	11
Were thrown out of (⋯)	9
When they quarrel with children	9
Freedom	6
Are afraid of coming home	5
Parents can’t understand children	5
Interest in street	5
Pride	5
Have sick/ill parents (beat them)	4
They have no patron	4
Meet friends in order not to be alone in the street	4
Street life becomes a custom/habit	4
For stealing	4
Because of punishment at home (the street attracted them)	4
Beggary	4

* Reported responses with > 3 respondents.