Parent Group 

Similar to the peer group and adolescent group, parents who define trafficking as selling 

girls for sexual exploitation increased from 75% in the baseline survey to 92% in the 

endline survey. A large percentage (61%) of the respondents defined trafficking of girls 

as selling girls for labor and taking girls to work in the circus (24%) (Table 3.2.3). 

Table 3.2.3  

Percentage Distribution of Parent Respondents Regarding Their Perception of 

Trafficking of Girls 

Definition of  trafficking of girls  as 

Male 

Female 

Total 

perceived by respondents 

N 

% 

N 

%  

N 

%  

To take girls for sexual exploitation 

70.4 

89.3 

80.0 

94.2 

75.5 

92.6 

To sell girls for labor 

21.1 

78.6 

12.5 

53.3 

16.6 

61.4 

To take girls to work in a circus 

1.4 

23.2 

2.5 

24.2 

2.0 

23.9 

To take girls to work in carpet 

factories 

2.8 

5.4 

5.8 

1.3 

5.7 

To sell girls for money 

2.8 

1.8 

1.3 

2.5 

2.0 

2.3 

Don t know 

2.8 

5.0 

4.0 

Total 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0  

100.0 

100.0  

N 

71 

56 

80 

120 

151 

176 

Community Member Group 

There was an increase in knowledge among the community members in defining 

trafficking of girls. Unlike the baseline survey where all four groups had defined 

trafficking of girls as selling girls for prostitution  in Bombay s brothels, in the endline 

survey the respondents provided broader definitions. The commonly cited responses were 

selling girls for sexual exploitation, selling girls to work in carpet factories, taking girls 

for circus work, selling girls for domestic chores and selling girls for labor. 

3.3 Knowledge of Girls Being Trafficked/Disappearing 

Adolescent Group 

There was an increase in knowledge of the incidence of girls trafficked or disappearing 

from the village in the endline survey compared with the baseline survey (8% in baseline 

survey vs.16% in the endline survey). The proportion of respondents not knowing about 

girls being trafficked or disappearing also decreased in the endline survey compared with 

the baseline survey (14% in baseline survey vs. 9% in endline survey) (Table 3.3.1). 

Table 3.3.1

Percentage Distribution of Adolescent Respondents Regarding Knowledge of Girls 

Trafficked from Their Villages 

Heard about any incidence of girls trafficked or 

Baseline 

Endline 

disappearing from the village? 

Yes 

8.5 

16.5 

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