“…There were significant associations between time going to the streets, age, and number of years behind the expected school level; boys were more behind the school level and had been going to the streets for a longer time than girls. Over 20% of the participants used to work on the streets, mainly guarding cars and/or selling small things at traffic lights, a situation that is commonly seen in other Brazilian cities (Hoffmann et al, 2017; Maciel et al, 2013; Mello et al, 2014; Moura et al, 2012) and other countries (Pinzon‐Rondon et al, 2009; Taib & Ahmad, 2019). While begging was referred by 84% of the street children interviewed by Nascimento (2009), it was not mentioned by the population of the present study, probably because over 50% of them received money from parents, relatives, or others.…”