Factors That Motivate Street Children in Making Decision to Get Out of Street Life in Jakarta
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.058How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Child Welfare, Street Children, Motivation to get out of street life
- Abstract
Marginal, vulnerable, and exploitative are the right terms to describe the living conditions of street children. In their childhood, they have had to deal with harsh and unfriendly urban environment. Children who are supposed to obtain an education, playing time, and love are forced to work to make money. The lack of knowledge, expertise, and experience limits their activities of earning incomes to selling, busking, and begging. Further, they want to get out of street life and have decent education and livelihood. This study aims to analyze the motivations of street children to get out of street life. It uses a qualitative approach with the type of descriptive research. Literature study, observation, and in-depth interviews are data collection techniques employed. The results of this study illustrate that physiological needs, which are the most significant aspects related to the decision of leaving street life, include food, drink, clothing, and shelter. They also want to earn a decent living both for themselves and their families. Having a decent job with steady income is also a goal to be achieved, so they can also help raise the family’s dignity. Furthermore, self-experiences on street have also motivated them to leave the street life.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Claudia F Sugianto AU - F Nugroho PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/08 TI - Factors That Motivate Street Children in Making Decision to Get Out of Street Life in Jakarta BT - Proceedings of the 1st Paris Van Java International Seminar on Health, Economics, Social Science and Humanities (PVJ-ISHESSH 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 272 EP - 275 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210304.058 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.058 ID - Sugianto2021 ER -