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Table 2 Health status of parents

From: A qualitative exploration of Pakistan’s street children, as a consequence of the poverty-disease cycle

Serial #

Mortality status of parents

Current health status/Cause of death

1.

Father dead, mother alive

Father died of tuberculosis, mother diabetic

2.

Both parents alive

Father drug addict, mother normal

3.

Father dead, mother alive

Father died of chronic liver disease (Hepatitis B/C?), mother Hepatitis C

4.

Both parents alive

Both parents normal

5.

Father alive, mother dead

Father drug addict, mother died due to pyrexia of unknown origin

6.

Unknown

Father had a leg injury on last contact, mother normal

7.

Both parents alive

Father normal, mother is asthmatic

8.

Both parents alive

Both parents normal

9.

Father dead, mother alive

Father died in a car accident, mother has arthritis and generalized weakness

10.

Both parents alive

Father has a spinal cord injury, mother normal

11.

Both parents dead

Father died of gunshot wounds, mother died of tuberculosis

12.

Both parents alive

Father drug addict, mother normal

13.

Both parents alive

Both parents normal

14.

Both parents alive

Father diabetic with left foot amputation, mother has some psychiatric problems

15.

Father alive, mother dead

Father normal, mother died of cancer

16.

Father dead, mother alive

Father died of acute respiratory problems, mother normal

17.

Both parents alive

Father had an episode of MI recently, mother has psychiatric complaints

18.

Father dead, mother alive

Father died in a road traffic accident, mother alive with painful joints leading to limited mobility

19.

Both parents alive

Father is a drug addict, mother normal