Abstract

RAUSKY, María Eugenia; SANTOS, Javier A.; PEIRO, María Laura  and  CREGO, María Laura. Child, adolescent and youth work: size, characteristics and profiles of street workers in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pap. poblac [online]. 2016, vol.22, n.89, pp.9-41. ISSN 2448-7147.

This paper shares the results of a survey on child population working in the streets in the urban area of the city of La Plata (capital of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina), focusing on two aspects: the explanation of methodological decisions assumed, considering that the main challenge of this research has been assembling a design that would allow capture fully the population that is the subject of this study and the description of the main characteristics of the units of analysis as census results. The presentation contains: an introduction to the phenomenon in context and underpins the importance of study it; the presentation of the research design and methodological-technical decisions; the exposition of results and final thoughts.

Keywords : Street work; children; adolescents; young; La Plata City.