Variables | Responses | ||
---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | ||
Heard or read about sex trafficking | Yes | 249 | 59.7 |
No | 168 | 40.3 | |
Source of information about sex trafficking* (n = 249) | |||
Friends | 114 | 45.9 | |
Radio | 96 | 38.6 | |
Television | 159 | 63.9 | |
News | 42 | 16.9 | |
letter | 9 | 3.6 | |
Othersa | |||
Mediators for sex trafficking* (n = 249) | |||
Friends | 216 | 86.7 | |
Brokers | 185 | 74.3 | |
Internet | 22 | 8.8 | |
Othersb | 10 | 4.0 | |
Reasons to be trafficked* (n = 249) | |||
Poverty | 111 | 44.6 | |
Unemployment | 124 | 49.8 | |
Hope for better life elsewhere | 180 | 72.3 | |
Illiteracy | 45 | 18.1 | |
Low social status | 9 | 3.6 | |
Entrapment | 9 | 3.6 | |
False marriage | 18 | 7.2 | |
Othersc | 7 | 2.8 | |
Which age groups of females are more vulnerable to be trafficked | |||
< 25 age group | 298 | 71.4 | |
≥ 25 age group | 17 | 4.1 | |
All age group | 52 | 24.5 | |
Has someone approached you to assist you in going abroad? | |||
Yes | 105 | 25.1 | |
No | 212 | 74.9 |