Table 2.

Summary of Factors

Predictors of commercial sex trade in LMICs
S/N	Author	Factors that precipitate commercial sex trade
		Socioeconomic profile of sex worker	Entry into sex work	Major barriers to condom use	Exposure to physical & sexual voilence	Determinants of commercial sex woeker's service	Mode of operations (modus operandi)	Carrer Dev't	Organization of sex work	Sustainability	Exiting factors	Challengenges/Consequences
1	Baafuor Opoku (2015) [53]	✓	✓		✓			✓			✓	✓
2	Baral et al (2012) [35]							✓				✓
3	Bekker et al (2015) [37]		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
4	Boateng D. P. (2016) [8]	✓
5	Choi & Holroyd (2007) [46]	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓			✓	✓
6	Elmore-Meegan M. et al 2004) [47]	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓			✓
7	Gbagbo & Gbagbo (2021) [9]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
8	Gezie et al (2015) [38]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓						✓
9	Ghimire et al (2011) [50]	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
10	Gysels et al (2002) [54]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
11	Ito et al (2018) [44]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
12	Izugbara (2012) [34]		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
13	Mahapatra (2013) [39]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
14	Matovu & Sebadduka (2012) [40]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
15	Nkrumah W. K. (2020) [10]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
16	Obiageri O. A (2013) [55]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
17	Izugbara C. O. (2005) [48]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
18	Pickering et al (1993) [45]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
19	Pope Cynthia (2005) [4]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
20	Savva Helen (2013) [36]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
21	Scheibe et al (2012) [42]	✓			✓		✓			✓		✓
22	Scorgie et al (2013) [26]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
23	Sekoni et al (2013) [43]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
24	Sutherland et al (2011) [51]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
25	Vijayakumar et al (2019) [49]	✓							✓			✓
26	Walden et al (1999) [52]	✓							✓			✓