5.5 Knowledge of 

Chetana ko Dora

5

 (Thread of Awareness)

Adolescent Group 

Almost all (98%) of the respondents  had received 

Chetana ko Dora.  

Similarly, the same 

proportion (98%) of the respondents said that they knew the criteria for distributing the 

Chetana ko dora

. A large majority (69%) of the respondents expressed that they had 

distributed the 

Chetana ko dora (Thread of Awareness)

 to others. The maximum number 

of 

dora

 (thread/s) distributed was nine and the least number of 

dora

 distributed was one

. 

More than one  third (34%) of the respondents had distributed the 

dora

 only once. Sixteen 

percent of the respondents had distributed the 

dora

 thrice and the other 12% of the 

respondents had distributed the 

dora

 twice (Tables 5.5.1, 5.5.2 and 5.5.3).     

Table 5.5.1  

Percentage Distribution of Adolescent Respondents According to Receiving 

Dora

 Have you received the 

Dora

? 

Endline (%) 

Yes 

98.3 

No 

  1.7 

Total 

                   100.0 

N 

176 

Table 5.5.2  

Percentage Distribution of Adolescent Respondents According to Their Knowledge 

of Conditions for Distributing the 

Dora

Do you know what you should do before giving the 

dora

? 

Endline (%) 

Yes  

98.3 

No 

1.7 

Total 

100.0 

N 

176 

Table 5.5.3  

Percentage Distribution of Adolescent Respondents According to the Number of 

Dora

 Distributed 

Number of 

dora

 distributed by you 

Endline (%) 

None 

30.6 

1 

34.1 

2 

12.1 

3 

16.2 

4 

  4.6 

5 

  1.2 

6 

  0.6 

9 

  0.6 

Total 

                   100.0 

N 

173 

When asked about the distribution of 

dora,

 a large majority (89%) of the respondents 

stated that they had distributed the 

dora

 to their friends, one fifth (20%) of them to their 

5

 Ibid 4 

75