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TABLE 8. Characteristics regarding age, gender, and drug use among
Porto Alegre street children from three different
subpopulations.
SF F St
(n = 38) (n = 28) (n = 34)
Age (years) 7-16 6-19 7-17
Gender (%)
Male
Female
Lifetime prevalence (%)
<strong>Inhalant</strong>s
Marijuana
Cocaine
Weekly prevalence (%)
<strong>Inhalant</strong>s
Marijuana
Cocaine
90 82 100
10 18 0
0 25 71
0 11 53
0 0 12
0 11 50
0 4 18
0 0 0
KEY: SF: Living with their families and attending school;
F: Living with their families but not attending school;
St: Living full time on the streets.
SOURCE: Forster and colleagues (1992).
could <strong>of</strong>fer alternatives for the time spent on the streets by children with
family ties); and (4) experimental and quasi-experimental research aimed
at a better understanding <strong>of</strong> the part played by supporting institutions that
work with children who live full time on the streets, in terms <strong>of</strong> their
preventive role when it comes to inhalant abuse and other forms <strong>of</strong>
antisocial behavior.
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