| Contact with migrant smugglers | n | % |
| Through friends | 173 | 66.0 |
| Himself | 33 | 12.6 |
| Through relatives | 56 | 21.4 |
| Total | 262 | 100.0 |
| Amount contracted with migrant smugglers | n | % |
| $5000 or less | 62 | 23.7 |
| $5001 or more | 200 | 76.3 |
| Total | 262 | 100.0 |
| M ± SD | 7107.44 ± 2778.58 | |
| Amount paid to migrant smugglers | n | % |
| $1000 or less | 24 | 9.2 |
| $1001 or more | 238 | 90.8 |
| Total | 262 | 100.0 |
| M ± SD | 3070.03 ± 1353.18 | |
| Source of money | n | % |
| Saved money | 88 | 33.6 |
| Money from real estate sold | 59 | 22.5 |
| Relatives in foreign countries | 7 | 2.7 |
| Debt | 68 | 26.0 |
| Family | 15 | 5.7 |
| Relatives in home country | 6 | 2.3 |
| Friends in foreign country | 3 | 1.1 |
| Bank loans | 16 | 6.1 |
| Total | 262 | 100.0 |
| Suggestions by migrant smugglers | n | % |
| They suggested migrants that they should say they were from Mauritania or Burma | 47 | 75.8 |
| They suggested migrants that they did not know smugglers | 9 | 14.5 |
| They suggested migrants that they should say they were from East Turkestan | 6 | 9.7 |
| Total | 62 | 100.0 |
| Number of migrant smugglers | n | % |
| 1 | 3 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 9 | 3.4 |
| 3 | 35 | 13.4 |
| 4 | 82 | 31.3 |
| 5 | 89 | 34.0 |
| 6 | 31 | 11.8 |
| 7 | 13 | 5.0 |
| Total | 262 | 100.0 |