Table 2 Participant characteristics, fishermen using post-trafficking services in Cambodia and Thailand (n = 275)
Long-haul fishermen (n = 198) | Short-haul fishermen (n = 77) | Whole sample (n = 275) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Age | ||||||
10 to 14 | – | – | 1 | 1.3% | 1 | 0.4% |
15 to 17 | 6 | 3.0% | 6 | 7.8% | 12 | 4.4% |
18 to 24 | 71 | 35.9% | 32 | 41.6% | 103 | 37.5% |
25 to 34 | 96 | 48.5% | 27 | 35.1% | 123 | 44.7% |
> = 35 | 25 | 12.6% | 11 | 14.3% | 36 | 13.1% |
Education | ||||||
Primary or less (1–5 grade) | 97 | 49.0% | 39 | 50.6% | 136 | 49.5% |
Secondary (6–8 grade) | 42 | 21.2% | 21 | 27.3% | 63 | 22.9% |
Higher (10–11 grade) | 4 | 2.0% | 6 | 7.8% | 10 | 3.6% |
University degree | – | – | 3 | 3.9% | 3 | 1.1% |
No formal education | 55 | 27.8% | 8 | 10.4% | 63 | 22.9% |
Country of destination | ||||||
China | 2 | 1.0% | – | – | 2 | 0.7% |
Malaysia | 28 | 14.1% | – | – | 28 | 10.2% |
Thailand | 0 | 0.0% | 77 | 100.0% | 77 | 28.0% |
Indonesia | 129 | 65.2% | – | – | 129 | 46.9% |
Mauritius | 33 | 16.7% | – | – | 33 | 12.0% |
South Africa | 6 | 3.0% | – | – | 6 | 2.2% |
Home country | ||||||
Cambodia | 196 | 99.0% | 21 | 27.3% | 217 | 78.9% |
Myanmar | – | – | 55 | 71.4% | 55 | 20.0% |
Thailand | 2 | 1.0% | – | – | 2 | 0.7% |
Can’t remember | – | – | 1 | 1.3% | 1 | 0.4% |
Time in trafficking (months) | ||||||
< 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 7 | 9.1% | 8 | 2.9% |
1 to 6 | 25 | 12.6% | 33 | 42.9% | 58 | 21.1% |
7 to 12 | 22 | 11.1% | 14 | 18.2% | 36 | 13.1% |
13 to 23 | 50 | 25.3% | 12 | 15.6% | 62 | 22.5% |
> = 24 | 99 | 50.0% | 8 | 10.4% | 107 | 38.9% |
Missing data | 1 | 0.5% | 3 | 3.9% | 4 | 1.5% |
Median months in trafficking (median absolute deviation) | 197 | 23.0 (13.0) | 74 | 5.1 (3.8) | 271 | 16.0 (11.5) |
Speaks language of destination country | 198 | 49.0% | 77 | 20.8% | 275 | 41.1% |
Previous experience in sector | 15 | 7.6% | 3 | 3.9% | 18 | 6.6% |
Country of service access | ||||||
Cambodia | 198 | 100.0% | 21 | 27.3% | 219 | 79.6% |
Thailand | – | – | 56 | 72.7% | 56 | 20.4% |
Ever detained by authorities in destination country | 87 | 43.9% | 21 | 27.3% | 108 | 39.3% |
Time in detention (months) | ||||||
<=1 | 39 | 44.8% | 14 | 66.7% | 53 | 49.1% |
2 to 5 | 35 | 40.2% | 6 | 28.6% | 41 | 38.0% |
> = 6 | 13 | 14.9% | 1 | 4.8% | 14 | 13.0% |
Median months in detention (median average deviation) | 87 | 1.0 (0.9) | 21 | 0.3 (0.3) | 108 | 1.0 (0.9) |