The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

18.11.2014 Views
The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Belize Of the 10 respondents with children, 6 respondents were born in Belize and 2 each were born in Guatemala and Honduras. Figure No. 4.7 Respondents with Children by Children Living with Them N=10 66 Of the 10 respondents with children, half had their children living with them (5 cases). However 4 respondents had none of their children living with them (1 female and 3 males) and only 1 respondent had some of her children living with her. Whether or not the respondent lived with a family member did not influence the number of children who lived with her. She was equally as likely to have her children with her if she lived with her mother, grandmother, a male friend or alone. 4.3.2 Relationship with Partner Of the 30 respondents, 13 indicated that they had a present or past relationship in which they lived together with someone. Of this 13, a total of 8 first lived with a partner at age 15. Two (2) additional respondents indicated first living with a partner at age 16 and 1 respondent each reported lived with partners at ages 12 and 14 respectively. One respondent did not answer the question. Only one respondent from the Belize District had indicated ever living with a partner. Figure No. 4.8 Ever Lived with a Partner by Age of Respondent N=13

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Belize All respondents who had previously lived with partners (11 females and 2 males) indicated that their partners were male. The age ranges of their first partners varied from ages 17 to 50, with a majority of partners (9 cases) falling in the 20-26 age range. Two partners were between ages 17-19, 1 was 34 years old and 1 was over 50 at the time the respondent lived with him. Although 13 respondents had reported having lived with a partner, only 6 out of 30 respondents reported currently living with a partner. One 14 year old respondent was currently living with a partner and 2 and 3 respondents at ages 16 and 17 respectively were also currently living with a partner The ages of current partners were between 19 and 35 years. Only 1 of these 6 respondents lived in the Belize District. 4.3.3 Current Place of Residence A little less than half (or 14 out of 30) of all respondents reported living in a private home or apartment. Of this 14, 10 were Belizean-born respondents. Another 11 lived in rented rooms with 7 of these respondents being foreign-born. One respondent lived in a hotel and 4 lived in other kinds of dwellings. Figure No. 4.9 Respondents’ Current Place of Residence N=30 67 Two-thirds of all male respondents (or 6 out of 9 males) lived in private homes or apartments while approximately half of all female respondents (or 10 out of 21 females) and 1 male respondent lived in rented rooms. Of the 11 respondents who lived in rented rooms , 6 were 16 years old, 3 were 17 years old, and 1 each were 14 and 15 years old, respectively.

Page 3 and 4: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation
































Page 67: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation

















































belize

csec

respondents

exploitation

adolescents

reported

respondent

poverty

informants

activities

white.oit.org.pe

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents ... View more The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

Delete template?

Save as template ?

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents