Table 2.
Relationship between interpersonal/behavioral factors 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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| Age at sex work entry (Median, IQR) | 16 (15–19) | 20 (17–25) | 19 (16–24) | <0.001 |
| Client interactions | ||||
| Has clients who believes has HIV or an STI | 10 (40.0%) | 5 (3.0%) | 15 (7.9%) | <0.001 |
| Ever used drugs with a client | 24 (77.4%) | 52 (28.4%) | 76 (35.5%) | <0.001 |
| Had clients who used drugs1 | 27 (90.0%) | 75 (43.6%) | 102 (50.5%) | <0.001 |
| Had clients who inject drugs1 | 16 (55.2%) | 19 (11.7%) | 35 (18.2%) | <0.001 |
| # of clients in a typical week1 (Median, IQR) | 8.5 (4.5–20) | 7 (4–14) | 7.5 (4–15) | 0.428 |
| # of vaginal sex acts with clients2 (Median, IQR) | 28 (10–70) | 24 (10–48) | 24 (10–48) | 0.224 |
| # of non-regular clients2 (Median, IQR) | 16 (5–48) | 5 (0–29) | 8 (0–30) | 0.007 |
| % of unprotected vaginal sex acts with clients2 (Median, IQR) | 12.3 (0–50) | 20.8 (0–100) | 20 (0–75) | 0.163 |
| Intimate partner interactions | ||||
| Believes partner is HIV+ or has AIDS | 4 (13.8%) | 6 (3.3%) | 10 (4.8%) | 0.035 |
| Partner mostly/completely decides how much of your earnings from sex work each of you gets to keep | 4 (12.9%) | 5 (2.7%) | 9 (4.2%) | 0.027 |
| Partner ever insisted on sex or sex without a condom | 11 (35.5%) | 26 (14.2%) | 37 (17.3%) | 0.008 |
| Drugs used1 | ||||
| Heroin | 18 (58.1%) | 119 (65.0%) | 137 (64.0%) | 0.544 |
| Methamphetamine | 14 (48.3%) | 57 (31.5%) | 71 (33.8%) | 0.092 |
| Ever injected drugs | 22 (71.0%) | 129 (70.5%) | 151 (70.6%) | 1.000 |
1
In the past 6 months
2
In the past month
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.