Table 3.

Factors independently associated with early^§ versus older initiation into sex work (N=833)

Characteristic	Beta	SE	Wald Chi-Square	p-value	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age (per 5 year increase)	−0.09	0.02	19.6	<.0001	0.64 (0.52, 0.79)
Education (per 5 year increase)	−0.17	0.06	8.8	0.00	0.43 (0.25, 0.75)
Migrated into this State	−0.75	0.32	5.3	0.02	0.47 (0.25, 0.89)
Emotional abuse before initiating sex work	1.29	0.38	11.4	0.001	3.73 (1.76, 7.89)
Inhalant use before initiating sex work	1.07	0.40	7.3	0.01	2.86 (1.32, 6.21)
Better pay influenced sex work initiation	−1.47	0.72	4.2	0.04	0.44 (0.2, 0.96)
Abused as a child	1.29	0.33	14.8	0.0001	3.89 (2.01, 7.54)
Had a child before initiating sex work	−3.48	0.34	103.6	<.0001	0.03 (0.02, 0.06)

^§initiated sex work at <18 years

SE: Standard Error