Table 1.

Selected sample characteristics of women substance users (N = 163)

	Percent	Mean (SD, Range)
Demographic characteristic
Age		27.6 (6.6, 18–53)
Language
Sesotho	61.3
Zulu	54.3
Xhosa	19.8
English	54.3
Education
Grade school or Less	22.7
Less than high school	68.0
Completed high school or above	8.0
Marital status1
Involved but not living with main partner	52.2
Not married but living with main partner	39.8
Married	0.6
Have any children	67.5
Number people financially supporting		3.14 (2.03, 1–14)
Financially supporting children	52.8
Income from sex work past month		$160 ($190, $0–833)
Receive money other than from sex work	36.2
Substance use
Alcohol prior to sex	55.8
Cannabis prior to sex	28.2
Crack cocaine prior to sex	3.1
Psychological risk
Depressive symptoms		18.2 (5.3, 7–34)
Anxiety symptoms		15.6 (5.8, 7–30)
Family history of alcohol use problems	58.4
Family history of drug use problems	19.9
Age first intoxicated		18.9 (4.2, 0–32)
Age of initial alcohol use
15 or younger	19.6
16 to 17	27.0
18 or older	53.4
Age of first cannabis use
15 or younger	8.6
16 to 17	11.0
18 or older	49.1
Gender inequality and communication
Sexual coercion		15.9 (4.8, 6–30)
Sex refusal attitudes		4.9 (1.9, 0–7)
Risk communication		3.8 (2.6, 0–8)
How often receive money from main partner		4.0 (1.8, 1–7)

¹Note: 7.4% answered; single (6.2%); and separated/widowed (1.2%).