A Situational Analysis of Child Sex Tourism in Nepal (Kathmandu ...

It was seen that most of the children had worked as the restaurant workers (25%) and rag
pickers (13%). The children were also working as vendors, tourist guides, singers,
trekking porters, and rickshaw pullers. There were 8% of the children who had not
worked and were in schools.
Present work:
Kind of recent Yes No Total
work of children Frequency % Frequency % Frequency %
Porter 1 1% 71 99% 72 100
Vendor 4 6% 68 94% 72 100
Rag picker 18 25% 54 75% 72 100
Tourist guide 21 29% 51 71% 72 100
Singer 0 0% 72 100% 72 100
Trekking porter 0 0% 72 100% 72 100
Ricksaw puller 2 3% 70 97% 72 100
Restaurant/hotel 12 17% 60 83% 72 100
workers
Student 8 11% 64 89% 72 100
Others 11 15% 61 85% 72 100
During the time of interview, the majority of the children were engaged in rag picking
(25%), tourist guide (29%) and restaurant / hotel workers (17%). The children also
worked as rickshaw pullers, vendor and trekking porter.
Duration of the present work:
S.no Recent work Frequency Percentage
1 Less than one yr 31 45%
2 More than 2yrs 19 28%
3 More than 5yrs 19 28%
Total 69 100%
The children had been engaged in this work for quite sometime. 28% had been working
for more than five years, 28% for more than 2 years and 31% for less than one year.
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