Strolling Away
APPENDIX 1 - Research Questions and Tables (cont'd)
Table 7 - What were the most important things that assisted you in leaving the street?
| Variable |
Total Combined |
Male Sample |
Female Sample |
| Family/spouse/partner/sibling/parent/ Extended |
22% |
14% |
23% |
| Meeting straight people |
10% |
0% |
12% |
| Having some goals |
8% |
8% |
8% |
| Safe place/out of the cold |
11% |
23% |
10% |
| Self love belief/unconditional love |
8% |
0% |
8% |
| Trusting someone/drug counselling |
13% |
23% |
12% |
| Having a baby/a child |
9% |
8% |
8% |
| Employment/straight life |
10% |
8% |
11% |
| Clean money/savings |
7% |
8% |
7% |
| Faith/spirituality |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| Never left |
1% |
8% |
0 |
| Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Note: A prompter format was used. "What three things?" prefaced this question. The goal was to create dialogue and thought process for those being interviewed.
Table 8 - What were the important things that assisted you in not returning to the street?
| Variable |
Total Combined |
Male Sample |
Female Sample |
| Fear/nervous to return |
11% |
8% |
11% |
| Less stress/no pimp |
8% |
0% |
9% |
| Vision off the street/pump gone |
14% |
8% |
15% |
| Fear of drugs/sober now |
2% |
0% |
2% |
| Religion/belief system |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| People relying on me |
17% |
17% |
17% |
| Employment/education |
12% |
8% |
12% |
| Family support |
14% |
8% |
15% |
| Flexibility to be off/accommodation |
8% |
17% |
6% |
| Maturity |
5% |
17% |
5% |
| Moved away |
7% |
8% |
7% |
| Never left |
1% |
8% |
0% |
| Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Table 10 What do you miss from the street?
| Variable |
Total Combined |
Male Sample |
Female Sample |
| Money |
30% |
10% |
33% |
| Freedom |
15% |
30% |
12% |
| Camaraderie/people/activity party |
23% |
30% |
21% |
| Adrenaline pump/control |
15% |
20% |
14% |
| Nothing |
16% |
0% |
20% |
| Never left |
1% |
10% |
0% |
| Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Note: A prompter format was used. "What three things?" prefaced this question. The goal was to create dialogue and thought process for those being interviewed.
Table - 11 What happened that almost made you go back to the street?
| Variable |
Total Combined |
Male Sample |
Female Sample |
| Needed money |
30% |
17% |
31% |
| Loss/crisis/stress |
17% |
32% |
15% |
| Alienation/lonely/bored/isolation |
12% |
17% |
12% |
| Too close activity easy return people |
17% |
0% |
18% |
| Drugs/addiction |
6% |
0% |
7% |
| Lack of recognition |
3% |
17% |
2% |
| Closed doors/lack opportunity marginalized |
6% |
0% |
7% |
| Nothing |
7% |
0% |
8% |
| Never left |
2% |
17% |
0% |
| Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Note: A prompter format was used. "What three things?" prefaced this question. The goal was to create dialogue and thought process for those being interviewed.
