Table 3.
Lifetime substance use, by sex worker status
| Prevalence of Lifetime Substance Use, Column % |
Overall N = 506 |
Female sex workersa N = 335 |
Non-Sex workers N = 171 |
χ2 testb p-values |
| Alcoholc | 100 | 100 | 100 | ..... |
| Tobacco | 67.4 | 73.4 | 55.6 | <0.001 |
| Any drugd | 58.1 | 71.9 | 31.0 | <0.001 |
| Marijuana/Dagga/Ganja | 55.1 | 67.5 | 31.0 | <0.001 |
| Ecstasy | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0.152e |
| Crack | 12.8 | 18.8 | 1.2 | <0.001 |
| Cocaine | 2.6 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.044 |
| Heroin/Thai White | 6.9 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 0.004 |
| Dagga and Heroin/Thai White | 8.1 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 0.007 |
| Cocaine and Heroin/Thai White | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.554e |
| Mandrax | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.669e |
| Dagga and Mandrax | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.101e |
| LSD | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.552e |
| Rohypnol/Shabba | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.024 |
| Inhalants | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.005 |
| Injection drug use | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.554e |
a Female sex workers are defined as females who had traded sex for drugs, money, food, or other goods in the past 90 days.
b Pearson chi-square test
NS: p > 0.05
c Alcohol use was defined as any use of a whole alcohol drink in the lifetime.
d Any drug use included the use of marijuana (Dagga or Ganja), Ecstasy, crack, cocaine, heroin (Thai White), Mandrax, LSD, Rohypnol (Shabba), or inhalants.
e Fisher's exact test was used due to expected cell counts < 5.