FAMILY AND CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE LIFE OF BOYS LEAVING HOMES IN GUJRANWALA
Journal Title: Academic Research International - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
In the present study, ‘runaway boys’ refers to those boys who spend at least one night outside from their home without the consent of their parents and have the age cohort of 11-19. This research aimed at to unearth the family and cultural factors which affect the boys in Gujranwala to run away from home. A sample size of 99 children was drawn with the help of simple random sampling technique. The analysis of the results demonstrated that Lack of education, Ideological differences between parents and Children, Child neglecting, forced child labor, sexual abuse, family problems such as being force to live with one parent after they get separated , dispute amongst the parents were all affective in their running away from home.
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Balal Idrees, Umar Manzoor
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