Situation Analysis of Street Child Beggars in Kushtia District, Bangladesh: A Study Based on Education, Health and Living Standard

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to look at the educational, health, and living Standards of child beggars in four Upozillas in Kushtia district. A total of 160 child beggars were interviewed for this study. Data was obtained from respondents utilizing a well-organized questionnaire. An interview schedule, and face-to-face interview methods were used for collecting primary data. We employed simple random sampling techniques. Various socioeconomic and demographic variables were taken into account during data collection. However, only variables relating to education, health, and living Standards are used in this work. According to the study, around 54.4% of child beggars were illiterate, and 38.8% of child beggars did not attend school. The vast majority of respondents (67.5%) did not associate any type of labor other than begging. Over half of the child beggars (61.3%) have reported playing with friends in their spare time. Around 65.7% of respondents were subjected to various forms of torture, with beatings being the most common. Food consumption was insufficient, and the majority of them were underweight. Their sanitary conditions were deplorable, and as a result, they suffered from a variety of mild to severe diseases. But, most importantly, about 63.1% of them were using tube-well water as their main source of drinking water.

Keywords: Street Child Beggars, Health, Education, Living Standard, Bangladesh

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/15-14-07

Publication date:July 31^st 2023