TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Female Street-Based Sex Workers, by Whether They Were Pressured by a Client Into Unprotected Sexual Intercourse: The Maka Project, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2006
| Pressured by a Client Into Unprotected Sexual Intercourse |
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| Characteristic | Yes, No. (%) or Median (IQR) | No, No. (%) or Median (IQR) | P |
| Total | 51 (100) | 154 (100) | |
| Median age, y | 35 (28–41) | 37 (27–42) | .759 |
| Median age first exchanged sex for money or drugs, y | 16 (15–22) | 17 (14–23) | .592 |
| Self-identify as Aboriginal | 21 (41) | 59 (38) | .716 |
| Ever pregnant | 39 (77) | 100 (65) | .126 |
| Median number of pregnancies | 4 (2–7) | 3 (2–5) | .131 |
| Currently have at least 1 child living with them | 11 (22) | 20 (13) | .138 |
| Homeless, past 6 mo | 22 (43) | 52 (34) | .227 |
| Incarcerated, past 6 mo | 10 (30) | 24 (16) | .503 |
| Screened and HIV-positive | 15 (29) | 30 (20) | .138 |
| Self-reported HCV-positive | 29 (57) | 91 (59) | .780 |
| Ever injected drugs | 34 (67) | 118 (77) | .159 |
| Experienced childhood or adolescent abuse | |||
| Sexual abusea | 41 (80) | 112 (76) | .537 |
| Physical abusea | 44 (86) | 128 (83) | .595 |
Note. IQR = interquartile range. Total number of women reporting transactions with clients was 205.
a
Self-reported abuse before age 18 years, excluding that associated with sex work.