Living conditions and survival strategies of the street children: A sociological perspective

Abstract

Street children in India were found to be a group of distinct character and they are said to be the consequent products of extreme poverty and illiteracy. The study had analyzed the living conditions and survival strategies of the street children. The study had examined the livelihood profile of the respondents in the study area namely Guntur district and it had analyzed the survival strategies and health conditions of the respondents in the study area. The present study had further estimated the relationship between the socio-economic conditions of the respondents and their social security aspects in the study area. The present research study adopts experimental research design and sampling technique applied was Stratified Random Sampling method. The sample size for the study is 135 and statistical tools like percentages and ANOVA were applied. The study concludes that there is a significant relationship between the socio-economic profile of the respondents and their survival strategies and there is a significant relationship between the socio-economic profile of the respondents and their social security aspects.