Table 1.
Relationship between individual socio-demographic characteristics, HIV/STI prevalence and involuntary sex exchange among female sex workers (N=214) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 2010–2011
| Variable | Involuntary sex exchange | Total N=214 |
P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N=31 N (%) |
No N=183 N (%) |
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| Interview site | ||||
| Tijuana, Baja California | 16 (51.6%) | 90 (49.2%) | 106 (49.5%) | 0.848 |
| Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua | 15 (48.4%) | 93 (50.8%) | 108 (50.5%) | |
| Country of Birth | ||||
| Mexico | 27 (87.1%) | 175 (95.6%) | 202 (94.4%) | 0.037 |
| United States | 3 (9.7%) | 8 (4.4%) | 11 (5.1%) | |
| Speaks English | 10 (32.3%) | 30 (16.4%) | 40 (18.7%) | 0.046 |
| Age, years (Median, IQR) | 28 (24–36) | 33 (28–41) | 33 (26–39) | 0.015 |
| Married/Common-law Relationship | 31 (100.0%) | 180 (98.4%) | 211 (98.6%) | 1.000 |
| Education, years (Median, IQR) | 6 (6–7) | 6 (6–9) | 6 (6–9) | 0.412 |
| Race | ||||
| Latina/Hispanic | 30 (96.8%) | 179 (97.8%) | 209 (97.7%) | 0.546 |
| White/Caucasian | 1 (3.2%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (0.9%) | |
| Positive for HIV | 2 (6.5%) | 7 (3.8%) | 9 (4.2%) | 0.621 |
| Positive for any STI/HIV | 7 (23.3%) | 38 (21.1%) | 45 (21.4%) | 0.811 |
NOTE: Data are N (%) of women, unless otherwise indicated. Certain percentages may reflect denominators smaller than the N value give in the column head. Except as specifically noted, these discrepancies are due to missing data.