Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of and use of services by female sex workers attending GUM clinics in England in 2011 by migrant status

	UK-born FSW		Migrant FSW
	(n=858)		(n=1666)
Demographic characteristics	n	%	n	%	p Value
Age*
<19	47	5.5	68	4.1
20–24	211	24.6	442	26.5
25–29	178	20.7	431	25.9
30–34	113	13.2	329	19.8
35–44	182	21.2	317	19.0
45+	124	14.5	77	4.6	<0.001
Median	29 years		28 years		0.01
Ethnicity†
White	616	71.8	1021	61.3
Mixed	35	4.1	92	5.5
Asian or Asian British	23	2.7	69	4.1
Black or Black British	74	8.6	75	4.5
Other	10	1.2	315	18.9	<0.001
Sexual orientation‡
Heterosexual	742	86.5	1576	94.6
Homosexual	30	3.5	21	1.3
Bisexual	32	3.7	18	1.1	<0.001
U.K.	858	100.0
Europe§			84	5.0
Eastern Europe			778	46.7
Africa			73	4.4
Asia			266	16.0
Australia			9	0.5
North America			21	1.3
South America			435	26.1	n/a
Sexual health screen	789	92.0	1576	94.6	0.01
HIV test¶	724	87.4	1511	97.2	<0.001
Contraception	156	18.2	685	41.1	<0.001
Smear test	51	5.9	269	16.2	<0.001
Vaccination (hepatitis B)**	228	27.9	570	36.6	<0.001
PEPSE	7	0.8	10	0.6	0.53

Significant differences (p Value <0.05) highlighted in bold.

*Age was unknown for 3 UK-born and 2 migrant female sex workers.

†Ethnicity was unknown for 100 UK-born and 94 migrant female sex workers.

‡Sexual orientation was unknown for 54 UK-born and 51 migrant female sex workers.

§Europe excludes UK and Eastern Europe.

¶Excluding individuals who were known HIV positive, or where a HIV test was not appropriate (n/828 for UK-born female sex workers and n/1554 for migrant female sex workers).

**Excluding individuals who were hepatitis B immune (n/816 for UK-born female sex workers and n/1557 for migrant female sex workers).

FSW, female sex worker; GUM, genitourinary medicine; PEPSE, postexposure prophylaxis for HIV following sexual exposure.