dc.description.abstract | Progress of city in all fields not only give a positive feel, but raises
competition leads to poverty and gave a fairly complex problems, such as
unemployment, slums area, the emergence of street children and others. In
fulfillment needs of family socio-economic, contribution of all family members
especially children is required. The streets became one of the alternatives that
have been children to work in order to earn money to help improve socioeconomic
life of their families.
This research is classified into type of descriptive research with qualitative
approach that aims to know contribution of street children in socio-economic life
of the family in Bantan Timur Village District of Medan Tembung Medan city.
Informants in this research is divided into two kinds, primary informants and
additional informants, primary informants in this resaearch were 4 street children
were classified into the category of Children on the street that operate in Bantan
Timur Village District of Medan Tembung Medan city, while additional
informants were 4 people from the family or parents of primary informants.
Methods of data collection is conducted in-depth interviews and direct
observation.
Results from this research indicate that the contribution made by street
children are classified into Children on the street in the family's socio-economic
life in the Bantan Timur Village District of Medan Tembung Medan city. In this
case the terms of its contribution in increasing revenue, health, food, education
and the family housing. | en_US |