Socio-psychological study of the prostitutes

Somaiya, P.A.; Awate, R.V.; Bhore, P.D.

Indian Journal of Public Health 34(2): 93-97

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-557X
PMID: 2102896
Document Number: 377312
Only 8 percent of the prostitutes were literate. Income per night varied from Rs 10 to Rs 30 for 72% of the prostitutes. Whereas only one third of the married women were happy with the profession, 95.92% of Devdasis liked the profession. Illiteracy, domestic unhappiness, deception, destitution, poor socio-ecomic status of parents, and religious custom of Devdasi were the important contributory factors for landing innocent girls or socially handicapped women into prostitution.

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