Livelihood of Street Children and the Role of Social Intervention: Insights from Literature Using Meta-Analysis

Table 5

Odds ratio on the different characteristics of the street children.

Living condition: living in the street	Yes	No
Africa	2858	9681
Rest	6035	35864
OR	1.754379
ln(OR) = Point estimate	0.562115
Var[ln(OR)]	0.000647
SE	0.025432
Upper limit in the confidence interval in LN scale	0.611961
Lower limit in the confidence interval in LN scale	−1.1988
Upper limit in the confidence interval in original scale	1.844044
Lower limit in the confidence interval in original scale	0.301557
Literate	Yes	No
Africa	16377	5996
Rest	30382	11205
OR	1.007322
ln(OR) = Point estimate	0.007295
Var[ln(OR)]	0.00035
SE	0.018708
Upper limit in the confidence interval in LN scale	0.043963
Lower limit in the confidence interval in LN scale	−0.08582
Upper limit in the confidence interval in original scale	1.044944
Lower limit in the confidence interval in original scale	0.917761
Gender	Boy	Girl
Africa	18565	7190
Rest	30298	11961
OR	1.019341
ln(OR) = Point estimate	0.019157
Var[ln(OR)]	0.00031
SE	0.017594
Upper limit in the confidence interval in LN scale	0.053641
Lower limit in the confidence interval in LN scale	−0.10483
Upper limit in the confidence interval in original scale	1.055106
Lower limit in the confidence interval in original scale	0.90048
Livelihood: daily labour	Yes	No
Africa	1977	1525
Rest	12583	28705
OR	2.957401
ln(OR) = Point estimate	1.084311
Var[ln(OR)]	0.001276
SE	0.035719
Upper limit in the confidence interval in LN scale	1.15432
Lower limit in the confidence interval in LN scale	−2.26119
Upper limit in the confidence interval in original scale	3.171867
Lower limit in the confidence interval in original scale	0.104226