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Table 5 Personal attitudes regarding drug trafficking and ADTS

From: Personal beliefs and social norms regarding the sexual exploitation of girls in age-disparate transactional sexual relationships in Brazil: a mixed-methods study

 

Response

Age group

Gender

Phrases

Agree or totally agree

Don’t agree nor disagree

Disagree or totally disagree

No answer

Df = 12

Df = 5

You think…

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

x2, p-value

x2, p-value

A girl can refuse to get involved with a trafficker that wants to be with her

311 (75.5)

35 (8.5)

60 (14.6)

6 (1.5)

13.328, 0.346

6.920, 0.074

Families of the girls involved with men can ask for help from the traffickers

134 (32.5)

62 (15.0)

191 (46.4)

25 (6.1)

13.414, 0.340

2.544, 0.467

Men who get involved with girls of 12 years old or younger will be punished by traffickers because of this relationship

184 (44.7)

60 (14.6)

133 (32.3)

35 (8.5)

17.710, 0.125

4.222, 0.243

Men who get involved with girls of 13 to 14 years old will be punished by traffickers because of this relationship

148 (35.9)

75 (18.2)

154 (37.4)

35 (8.5)

11.919, 0.452

4.175, 0.243

Men who get involved with girls of 15 years old or older will be punished by traffickers because of this relationship

76 (18.5)

74 (18.0)

233 (56.5)

29 (7.0)

18.275, 0.108

3.392, 0.335

Girls like men involved in drug trafficking because they are able to financially support girls

267 (64.8)

66 (16.0)

63 (15.3)

16 (3.9)

14.347, 0.279

11.887, 0.008

Girls like men involved with trafficking because they are powerful in the community

298 (72.3)

57 (13.8)

42 (10.2)

15 (3.6)

9.582, 0.653

10.124, 0.018

Girls that are involved with men in drug trafficking have a superior status

222 (53.9)

72 (17.5)

99 (24.0)

19 (4.6)

16.772, 0.158

14.540, < 0.001