title: Socio-psychological study of the prostitutes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Krishna, Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Somaiya
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Awate
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bhore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D012067:Religion; D011477:Sex Work / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors