Table 2.

Summary of sexual exploitation vignettes

Concepts tested	Characters	Vignette
Vulnerability through poverty, and young age	‘Fiona and Peter’	Fiona is from a poor family and is having sex with Peter
Vulnerability through poverty, and young age	‘Fiona and Peter’	Fiona is 14 and Peter is 25
Inter-generational sex	‘John and Sarah’	Sarah is 17 and John is 45
Power differentials	‘Joan and Andrew’	Joan is in secondary school, Andrew is her teacher
Power differentials	‘Lucy and James’	Lucy is a live-in domestic worker and James is the married man of the house
“Mutually beneficial” relationships	‘Michelle (poor) and Samuel’	Samuel owns a shop and in return for sex, Michelle receives household supplies like sugar and soap
“Mutually beneficial” relationships	‘Michelle (well-off) and Samuel’	Samuel gives Michelle money for mobile phone airtime and to style her hair. He has also given her a mobile phone and promises her a smart phone
Adolescent girls’ and young women’s behaviour	‘Fiona and Peter’	Fiona exchanges sex for alcohol when at Peter’s bar
		Fiona exchanges sex for clothes that Peter trades in town
		Fiona’s parents are strict and restrict her movements. She sneaks out at night and has sex with Peter for transport home