Interview of Respondents 

Each of the respondents was interviewed individually and in private. The adolescent girls 

and their peers were gathered in one place by the AMK staff/volunteers to facilitate the 

interviews. The parents were also requested to gather similarly, but only a few gathered. 

The majority of the parents were visited individually at their homes for their interview. 

When visited at home, almost all the parents were found to be approachable for the 

interviews. In very few cases guardians were asked to  replace parents who were absent at 

the time of the survey. The guardians to replace the parent group consisted of 

grandfathers, brothers, uncles, aunts, elder sisters and sisters in law.     

Research Instrument 

The same three sets of structured questionnaires used for the baseline survey were used in 

the endline survey for the individual interviews of adolescents, peers and their parents. 

The same guideline for the informal group meetings with community members was also 

used for the qualitative component  in the endline survey. However, some additional 

questions to solicit information pertaining to the usefulness of AGGATP and the 

awareness training provided by AMK for preventing trafficking of girls were also 

included in the endline survey. Furthermore, questions related to the importance and 

usefulness of interpersonal communication training and 

Chetana ko dora

 were also 

included in the endline questionnaire. 

The questionnaires for the quantitative component and the guideline for the qualitative 

component were finalized in consultation with officials of AMK and CEDPA/Nepal. The 

questionnaires were first drafted in English to invite comments and were then translated 

into Nepali after incorporating the comments and suggestions. 

Team Composition 

Two professionals of CREHPA, involved in the baseline survey managed the study. A 

senior professional of CREHPA, served as the Study Co coordinator. She was 

responsible for preparing research instruments, analyzing and preparing the final report of 

the survey and for providing liaison with the AMK and CEDPA officials. A Senior 

Research Assistant (Sr. RA) assisted the Coordinator in all phases of the survey. She was 

responsible for training the field teams, supervising coding of the completed 

questionnaires, monitoring data management and compiling qualitative information. She 

assisted the Coordinator in preparing the research instruments, their translation and 

analysis, and the preparation of the draft study report.   

Field Team 

The field team consisted of four fema le supervisors and eight female interviewers. One 

supervisor and two interviewers were designated in each study VDC for conducting both 

qualitative and quantitative components. 

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