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. 2005 Sep 24;5:98. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-98

Table 4.

Cost and efficiency of sex worker programmes in fiscal year 2002–2003.

Programme number* Number of sex workers provided services Total number of contacts with sex workers Total economic cost Percent of economic cost Cost per sex worker provided services Cost per sex worker contact

INR US$ Personnel Recurrent goods Recurrent services Rentals Capital goods INR US$ INR US$
10 4690 12477 1040254 21493 46.9 19.6 24.3 5.8 3.5 221.8 4.58 83.4 1.72
8 6379 57077 1969785 40698 34.1 41.4 20.5 2.8 1.2 308.8 6.38 34.5 0.71
11 2156 18358 725710 14994 36.6 27.4 28.1 5.8 2.1 336.6 6.95 39.5 0.82
5 3847 9953 1327582 27429 33.1 37.6 22.0 4.5 2.7 345.1 7.13 133.4 2.76
9 2552 26976 1482412 30628 32.2 39.0 23.6 3.2 2.0 580.9 12.00 55.0 1.14
12 1970 14327 1278085 26407 35.9 45.0 14.3 3.6 1.1 648.8 13.40 89.2 1.84
7 2336 18920 1526201 31533 32.4 37.4 24.0 3.9 2.3 653.3 13.50 80.7 1.67
2 1229 8867 812295 16783 45.4 30.3 18.9 4.9 0.6 660.9 13.66 91.6 1.89
4 1350 22766 930607 19228 36.2 32.3 26.9 3.9 0.8 689.3 14.24 40.9 0.84
15 1442 13064 1065021 22005 27.3 52.3 14.8 4.5 1.1 738.6 15.26 81.5 1.68
1 2102 10833 1605711 33176 29.2 52.0 13.3 4.1 1.4 763.9 15.78 148.2 3.06
3 803 4931 673355 13912 45.4 24.3 24.2 4.9 1.1 838.5 17.33 136.6 2.82
13 1274 9043 1089778 22516 34.5 33.9 26.2 3.9 1.5 855.4 17.67 120.5 2.49
6 915 10568 822442 16993 38.7 36.8 18.2 4.4 1.9 898.8 18.57 77.8 1.61
14 896 7207 1226620 25343 27.6 44.5 22.6 3.8 1.4 1369.0 28.29 170.2 3.52
Total 33941 245367 17575858 363138 34.7 38.4 21.1 4.1 1.7 517.8 10.70 71.6 1.48

* Programmes arranged in increasing order of cost per sex worker provided services in fiscal year 2002–2003.