Similar to the adolescent and peer groups, a large majority (79%) of parent group 

respondents said that their family member's working place was India. Other places 

mentioned by the respondents were Saudi Arabia/Dubai/Kuwait (8%), Kathmandu (4%) 

and Malaysia (4%). Similar to the baseline survey, all (100%) respondents said that they 

had not sent their daughters out of the village to work (Table 2.1.18 and 2.1.19). 

Table 2.1.18   

Percentage Distribution of Parent Group Respondents by Their Family Members' 

Work Places 

Place of work 

Baseline 

Endline 

Kathmandu 

  4.0 

  4.5 

India 

73.6 

79.1 

Malaysia 

  7.2 

  3.6 

Saudi Arabia/Kuwait/Dubai 

15.2 

  8.2 

Pokhara 

  3.2 

  0.9 

Others* 

  5.6 

  0.9 

Others** 

  1.6 

  2.7 

Don t know 

  0.9 

Total 

             100.0 

             100.0 

N 

125 

110 

*Dhankuta, Mustang, Bardiya, Banke, Chitwan, Beni/Myagdi         

 **UK/Brunei, Hong Kong 

Table 2.1.19     Percentage Distribution of Parent Respondents According to Their Daughters  

Work Places 

Sent any daughter out of the village 

Baseline 

Endline 

No 

100.0 

100.0 

Total 

100.0 

100.0 

N 

176 

176 

20