This document is a research proposal that aims to study the causes of drug addiction among street children in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. It outlines the introduction, objectives, literature review, methodology, data analysis plan, ethical considerations, timeline and limitations of the proposed research. The main objective is to identify the reasons why street children are addicted to drugs in Bangladesh. It will employ a survey method to collect data from 300 street children across 3 locations in Dhaka City over a period of 6 months.

1. Submitted to
Nafiz Zaman Shuva
Associate professor
Dept. of Information Science
& Library Management
University of Dhaka
A Research Proposal
on
“The Causes of Drug Addiction among Street Children in Dhaka City”
Date of Submission: 15- -
Submitted by
Sazzadul Karim ( )
Md. Amir Hossain ( )
M. Mostofa Morshed ( 7)
Md. Ali Ajam ( )
K. M. Mehedi Hasan (5 )

2. A Research Proposal
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“The causes of drug addiction among street children in Dhaka city”
Content
1. Introduction
2. Aims & Objectives
3. Literature review
4. Methodology
5. Analysis of data
6. Ethical consideration
7. Time table
8. Limitations
9. References

3. A Research Proposal
on
“The causes of drug addiction among street children in Dhaka city”
Introduction:
Developing country, Bangladesh besets with a thousand of problems. Drug is one of the
acute problems of them. Drug abuse directly influences the economic and social aspects of a
country. Though the young people are mostly addicted to drug, but it is very alarming that
recently the children (i.e. street children) are also committing to drug. The street children are
mostly addicted to drugs due to various reasons. We are anxious about this problem. If this
problem cannot be removed, our society will be dropped to the edge of destruction. In this
study we will identify the causes of drug addiction among street children in Bangladesh.
Aims & Objectives:
The main aim of our study is to identify why the street children are addicting to drug?
And other objectives are:
 To know the present status of drug abuse by street children in Bangladesh.
 To identify their socio-economic conditions.
 To investigate strategies for the prevention of drug abuse among street children in
Dhaka city.
 To recommend how the problem can be uprooted?
Literature review:
For conducting this study we have reviewed a number of relevant literatures to get
clear idea on this topic. We have studied different literatures from online journals, thesis
papers, articles and other relevant literatures through internet. By reviewing these we find that
the prevalence of street children has been escalating in most of the developing world and
highest in Bangladesh. As Narayan Sharma and Suresh Joshi have said -“The problems
of street children are more significant in the developing than developed world and it was
estimated that more than 100 million children live and work on the streets in the developing

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“The causes of drug addiction among street children in Dhaka city”
countries.” There are various reasons for being street children i.e. poverty, over population,
illiteracy etc. In this context Narayan Sharma and Suresh Joshi ) have said - “It was found
that most of the street children were from joint families and higher percentage of street
children had illiterate parents.” Most of the cases the street children are addicted to drugs for
different causes.
Vivek Benegal, Kul Bhushan, Shekhar Seshadri and Mani Karott (1998) have said - “Much of
the drug use is not mindless nor necessarily pathological. Relief of boredom or hunger or
depression and frustration, wanting to feel good, to keep awake or get to sleep or to dream
may be some of the functions served by drug use.”
Methodology:
Study location:
Shahbagh, High Court premises, Kamlapur railway stations, Syedabad, Karwan bazar,
Gabtoli, Khilgaon, Mohakhaly, Gulshan, Gulistan, and Sadarghat Launch Terminal- three will be
randomly selected spots with high concentration of street children from each location.
Sampling & Sample size:
Before the main survey, a quick field visit to the selected study areas will give an idea
about the concentration of street-dwelling children and their characteristics. This also will help
to determine the way for approaching the ultimate study samples. Five enumerators, who will
brief about the study and visit the specified areas from mid-day to mid-night to do a head count
and prepare a map with spots indicating different concentrations of street-dwelling children.
From each spot, around 100 respondents will be drawn through repeated visits within one
week. The children who sleep in the same spot for the last one month will be eligible to be
included in the survey. Snow ball technique will be used to identify the respondents. In the

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“The causes of drug addiction among street children in Dhaka city”
sample, attempts will be made to include all the street children. Thus, a total of street
children from spots will be included in the study
Data Collection:
This study will be based on survey method. Skilled interviewers will be recruited for data
collection. A seven-day intensive training will be given to them which will consist of lectures,
mock interviews, role play, and field practice at the community level. An instruction manual
explaining the key terms in the questionnaire will be developed, and provided to the
enumerators as a guide. Three teams of five members each will be formed. On the day of
interview, the team will identify the first respondent according to the definition of street
children and criteria for selection. Secondly, they will apply snow ball technique to identify
further respondents present in the spots for interview. The study will include only those who
will be interested. Verbal consent will be taken before the interview. The field activities will be
supervised by the researchers.
Data Analysis:
The data will be analyzed using both descriptive and Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSS).
Ethical issues:
All respondent will be informed about the purpose of the study and their verbal
consent will be obtained before the interview. All information will be kept anonymous and
confidential.

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“The causes of drug addiction among street children in Dhaka city”
Time Frame:
Selection of interviewers 1 week
Training of the interviewers 1 week
Designing of the questionnaire 15 days
Conduct of interview 1 month
Analysis of data 1 month
Writing of the final report 1 month
Total Time = months
Limitations of the Study:
The study will be confined to only three specific spots in Dhaka city due to time
limitations.

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References:
1. Benegal Vivek. Drug Abuse Among Street Children in Bangalore. Bangalore, India;1998.
2. Njord L, Merril RM, Njord R, Lindsay R, Pahano JDR (2010). Drug use among street
children and non-street children in Phillippines. Asia Pacific J Public Health
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3. Tuladhar S. Alcohol and Drug Use among Street Children in Nepal. Kathmandu: Child
Workers in Nepal (CWIN); 2002.
4. A Baseline survey of street children in Bangladesh by Foundation for Research on
Educational Planning and Development ( ) published by The Bangladesh Bureau of
Statistics, Parishakhan Bhaban, Agargaon, Dhaka.
5. Drug Abuse: Summaries of Research Studies Sponsored By Ministry of Welfare (1992)
Published by the National Institute of Social Defense, Ministry of Welfare, Government
of India, New Delhi.
6. Sharma Narayan and Joshi Suresh. Preventing –substance abuse among street children
in India: a literature review. vol. 7 (2013), issue 2.