Table 1 Proportion of men reporting commercial sex in the last 12 months†.
Survey | Prevalence (%) of clients of FSW | Urban:rural ratio *p<0.05 | Source |
---|---|---|---|
W Africa | |||
Benin 1996 DHS† | 19.3 | 0.8 | DHS |
Benin 2001 DHS* | 0.5 | 1.1 | DHS |
Burkina Faso 1999 DHS | 9.1 | 1.0 | DHS |
Burkina Faso 2003 DHS*(3) | 0.2 | 19.7* | DHS |
Côte d'Ivoire 1998 DHS | 5.0 | 1.0 | DHS |
Ghana 2003 DHS* | 1.6 | 0.6 | DHS |
Guinea 1999 DHS | 4.7 | 0.8 | DHS |
Guinea‐Bissau 1990 GPA | 8.6 | GPA | |
Mali 1996 DHS | 8.9 | 2.5* | DHS |
Mali 2001 DHS* | 0.2 | 29.8* | DHS |
Niger 1998 DHS | 9.7 | 1.2 | DHS |
Nigeria 1999 DHS | 9.7 | 1.1 | DHS |
Nigeria 2003 DHS* | 3.0 | 0.6 | DHS |
Togo 1998 DHS | 5.7 | 1.3 | DHS |
Median | 1.1 | ||
Central Africa | |||
CAR 1989 GPA | 12.8 | GPA | |
CAR 1994 DHS | 10.9 | 1.2 | DHS |
Cameroon 1998 DHS | 21.0 | 0.9 | DHS |
Cameroon 2004 DHS* | 0.7 | 3.4* | DHS |
Chad 1997 DHS | 13.6 | 2.3* | DHS |
Chad 2004 DHS* | 1.6 | 3.1* | DHS |
Congo 1999 PSI | 14.8 | PSI | |
Gabon 2000 DHS* | 9.8 | 1.0 | DHS |
Median | 2.2 | ||
E Africa | |||
Eritrea 1995 DHS | 3.0 | 2.5 | DHS |
Ethiopia 2000 DHS* | 0.0 | DHS | |
Kenya 1990 GPA | 9.8 | GPA | |
Kenya 1998 DHS | 11.9 | 1.5* | DHS |
Kenya 2003 DHS* | 2.9 | 1.9* | DHS |
Rwanda 2000 DHS* | 0.8 | 7.2* | DHS |
Tanzania 1990 GPA | 8.6 | GPA | |
Tanzania 2004 DHS* | 1.5 | 1.3 | DHS |
Uganda 1995 DHS | 26.2 | 1.4* | DHS |
Uganda 2000 DHS* | 1.5 | 1.5 | DHS |
Median | 1.9 | ||
S Africa | |||
Botswana 2001 AIDS impact*(1) | 2.0 | AIDS impact | |
Lesotho 1989 GPA | 14.9 | GPA | |
Lesotho 2004 DHS* | 1.7 | 3.4 | DHS |
Malawi 1996 DHS | 7.8 | 1.0 | DHS |
Malawi 2000 DHS* | 8.3 | 1.3 | DHS |
Mozambique 2003 DHS* | 13.2 | 0.9 | DHS |
Namibia 2000 DHS* | 1.6 | 1.3 | DHS |
Zambia 1996 DHS | 22.9 | 0.9 | DHS |
Zambia 2002 DHS* | 10.6 | 1.2 | DHS |
Zimbabwe 1994 DHS | 5.4 | 1.1 | DHS |
Zimbabwe 1999 DHS* | 7.0 | 1.4 | DHS |
Median | 1.3 | ||
S & SE Asia | |||
Nepal 2002 DHS*(2) | 0.4 | 0.6 | DHS |
Philippines 2003 DHS* | 2.1 | 1.9* | DHS |
Singapore 1989 GPA | 7.6 | GPA | |
Sri Lanka 1991 GPA | 1.2 | GPA | |
Thailand 1990 GPA | 23.4 | GPA | |
Median | – | ||
Latin America & Caribbean | |||
Bolivia 2003 DHS* | 2.5 | 2.1* | DHS |
Brazil 1996 DHS*(3) | 0.2 | 0.3 | DHS |
Chile 1998 NAT*(4) | 1.0 | NAT | |
Dominican Republic 1996 DHS | 11.6 | 0.7* | DHS |
Dominican Republic 2002 DHS*(3) | 8.0 | 0.7 | DHS |
Haiti 1994 DHS | 6.8 | 0.6* | DHS |
Haiti 2000 DHS* | 5.9 | 0.6* | DHS |
Honduras 1996 RHS* | 4.9 | RHS | |
Peru 1996 DHS | 4.6 | 1.2 | DHS |
Median | 0.7 | ||
E Europe & Central Asia | |||
Armenia 2000 DHS* | 2.4 | 3.4* | DHS |
Kazakhstan 1999 DHS* | 1.4 | 0.7 | DHS |
Uzbekistan 2002 DHS* | 3.2 | 1.5 | DHS |
Median | 1.5 | ||
High income countries | |||
Australia 2002 ASHR* | 1.8 | ASHR | |
France 1992 NAT*(4) | 1.1 | NAT | |
France 1998 NEM* | 0.7 | 1.2 | NEM |
Germany 1990 NAT*West (4) | 4.8 | NAT | |
Germany 1998 NEM* | 0.0 | NEM | |
Greece 1998 NEM* | 5.3 | 0.4 | NEM |
Italy 1992 NAT*(4) | 2.0 | NAT | |
Italy 1998 NEM* | 1.7 | NEM | |
Netherlands 1989 NAT*(4) | 2.8 | NAT | |
Norway 1992 NAT*(4) | 1.8 | NAT | |
Norway 1997 NEM* | 1.7 | NEM | |
Portugal 1991 NAT*(4) | 5.4 | NAT | |
Portugal 1999 NEM* | 2.4 | NEM | |
Spain 1990 NAT*(4) | 11.0 | NAT | |
Switzerland 1992 NAT*(4) | 3.7 | NAT | |
Switzerland 1997 NEM* | 3.4 | NEM | |
UK 1990 NAT* | 2.0 | NAT | |
UK 1998 NEM* | 1.0 | NEM | |
Median | – | ||
City based surveys | |||
Athens, Greece, 1990 | 6.0 | NAT | |
Cotonou*, Benin, 1998 | 6.5 | Multisite | |
Dakar*, Senegal, 1997 | 4.5 | Multisite | |
Kisumu*, Kenya, 1998 | 8.7 | Multisite | |
Ndola*, Zambia, 1998 | 14.0 | Multisite | |
Yaounde*, Cameroon, 1998 | 15.5 | Multisite | |
Ouagadougou*,Burkina, 2002 | 12.2 | Multisite | |
Manila, Philippines, 1990 | 5.8 | GPA | |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1991 | 6.5 | GPA |
†Defined as all men 15–49 years old who reported giving money, gifts, or favours in return for sex, in the last 12 months; except countries with * where definition is “paid sex”; + aged 20–49.
(1) Sample only includes respondents with a non‐regular partner; (2) sample only includes ever married men; (3) of last three partners, at least one was a sex worker; (4) sample includes sexually active only and age group is 18–49, except Chile (20–69) Switzerland (18–45).