Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Selected Variables
| VARIABLE | Percent | Min | Max | N | Mean | Standard Deviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 18 | 64 | 906 | 33.44 | 9.14 | |
| Highest year of school completed | 0 | 20 | 898 | 6.13 | 3.14 | |
| Number of children | 0 | 12 | 904 | 2.93 | 1.91 | |
| Number of dependents supported | 0 | 11 | 907 | 2.52 | 1.84 | |
| Years in sex work | 0 | 49 | 906 | 5.79 | 6.50 | |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married | 2.4 | 22 | ||||
| Common-law union | 21.0 | 192 | ||||
| Separated | 16.3 | 149 | ||||
| Divorced | 5.7 | 52 | ||||
| Widowed | 4.3 | 39 | ||||
| Single | 49.1 | 450 | ||||
| Place of work | ||||||
| Street worker | 54.8 | 502 | ||||
| Bar/Cantina-type setting | 36.7 | 336 | ||||
| Brothel (casa de citas) | 2.6 | 24 | ||||
| Call girl/escort | 1.9 | 17 | ||||
| Other | 3.2 | 29 | ||||
| Lifetime emotional abuse | 78.1 (yes) | 715 | ||||
| Lifetime physical abuse | 74.2 (yes) | 680 | ||||
| Lifetime sexual abuse | 44.2 (yes) | 405 | ||||
| Social support | 906 | 2.83 | .58 | |||
| Depression mean score | 908 | 1.47 | 1.03 | |||
| Somatization mean score | 908 | .75 | .79 |