The Livelihood Status Of Homeless People In Addis Ketema Arada And Kirkos Subcities Of Addis

Homelessness is a growing social issue in townships of developing countries like Ethiopia. Thisrnstudy aimed to show the livelihood status of homeless people in Addis Ababa, specificallyrnfocusing on three sub cities - Addis Ketema, Kirkos and Arada by planning to describe the foodrninsecurity situation of homeless people ,to explain the underlying causes for being homeless, tornelaborate challenges of homelessness using cross sectional study design with a mixed methodrnresearch approach. For the quantitative part data was collected from 164 homeless respondentsrnusing a questionnaire while seven key informant interviews were conducted for gatheringrnqualitative data. A quick summary of the quantitative data indicated that among the respondentsrn95.7 % were male, 89.9 % were below 25 years of age, 91.5 % originated out of Addis Ababa.rnthe four reported causes for homelessness were found to be statistically significant indicatingrnthat they are interrelated. On the economic front, daily income and frequency of meals per dayrnwere strongly correlated (ρ=0.275, p

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