Table 4.
Factors associated with involuntary sex exchange among female sex workers (N=214) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 2010–2011
| Variable | Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Analysis (N=180) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted OR |
Unadjusted 95% CI |
Adjusted OR |
Adjusted 95% CI |
|
| Individual factors | ||||
| Speaks English | 2.43 | 1.04–5.67 | ||
| Age | 0.94 | 0.90–0.99 | ||
| Age at sex work entry | 0.85 | 0.77–0.94 | 0.84 | 0.72–0.97 |
| Interpersonal factors | ||||
| Client interactions | ||||
| Has clients who believes has HIV or an STI | 21.20 | 6.40–70.17 | 12.41 | 3.15–48.91 |
| Had clients who used drugs1 | 11.64 | 3.40–39.82 | 7.88 | 1.52–41.00 |
| Had clients who inject drugs1 | 9.33 | 3.89–22.37 | ||
| Ever used drugs with a client | 8.64 | 3.51–21.27 | ||
| Intimate partner relationships | ||||
| Believes partner is HIV+ or has AIDS | 4.64 | 1.22–17.59 | ||
| Partner mostly/completely decides how much of your earnings from sex work each of you gets to keep | 5.28 | 1.33–20.88 | ||
| Partner ever insisted on sex or sex without a condom | 3.32 | 1.43–7.73 | ||
| Social-structural factors | ||||
| Places exchanged sex1 | ||||
| Hotel or motel | 2.31 | 1.01–5.26 | ||
| Lives and works in the same location | 4.64 | 1.52–14.15 | ||
| Evaluation of working conditions | ||||
| Bad/Extremely bad | 3.28 | 1.47–7.36 | 3.27 | 1.03–10.31 |
| Must pay a manager/pimp or share % of earnings | 6.85 | 1.85–25.28 | ||
| Exposure to gender-based violence | ||||
| Ever raped | 6.30 | 2.79–14.21 | 4.46 | 1.43–13.91 |
1
In the past 6 months
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.