Table 1.
Frequency of violence and general characteristics of the female sex workers participating in the integrated biological and behavioural survey, Benin, 2012, N=981
| Characteristics | Number (%) or median (IQR ‡) |
|---|---|
| HIV-positive | |
| Yes | 200 (20.4) |
| No | 781 (79.6) |
| Physical violence | |
| Yes | 168 (17.2) |
| No | 810 (82.8) |
| Sexual violence | |
| Yes | 132 (13.5) |
| No | 846 (86.5) |
| Psychological violence | |
| Yes | 326 (33.5) |
| No | 648 (66.5) |
| Violence score† | |
| 0 | 578 (59.3) |
| 1 | 227 (23.3) |
| 2 | 108 (11.1) |
| 3 | 61 (6.3) |
| Literacy | |
| Illiterate | 276 (29.1) |
| Literate | 672 (70.9) |
| Nationality | |
| Beninese | 386 (40.6) |
| Ghanaian | 94 (9.9) |
| Nigerian | 120 (12.6) |
| Togolese | 303 (31.9) |
| Others | 47 (5.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Married/Cohabiting | 140 (14.6) |
| Single | 818 (85.4) |
| Having dependents | |
| Yes | 576 (59.1) |
| No | 398 (40.9) |
| Illicit drug use | |
| Yes | 95 (9.8) |
| No | 870 (90.2) |
| Age in years, median (IQR) | 29 (23 – 37) |
| Age at first sex (years), median (IQR) | 16 (15 – 18) |
| Age at first paid sex (years), median (IQR) | 20 (18 – 27) |
| Duration in sex work, (years) median (IQR) | 5 (2 – 11) |
| Number of clients (last week), median (IQR) | 9 (3 – 19) |
| Condom use | |
| Inconsistent | 348 (36.4) |
| Consistent | 609 (63.6) |
| Condom breakage | |
| No | 702 (84.1) |
| Yes | 133 (15.9) |
†
Number of types of violence concurrently experienced by women;
‡
IQR= interquartile range.