Table 1.
Demographic and Sociobehavioral Characteristics of Female Bar and Spa Workers in the Philippines (n = 482)
| Total (n = 482); n (%) |
Sex Work (n = 167); n (%) |
No Sex Work (n = 315); n (%) |
t Test/χ2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age; median years (IQR) | 23 (21–27) | 23 (18–37) | 26 (18–60) | 4.48 | .001 |
| Education; median years (IQR) | 10 (9–11) | 9 (1–15) | 10 (1–17) | 3.42 | .001 |
| High school degree or lessa | 338 (70) | 137 (82) | 201 (64) | ||
| Higher education | 144 (30) | 30 (8) | 114 (36) | ||
| Length of time worked as bar/spa worker; median months (IQR) | 17 (8–36) | 12 (8–26) | 20 (7–47) | 3.44 | .020 |
| Alcohol use (current) | 7.00 | .002 | |||
| Daily | 71 (15) | 22 (13) | 49 (16) | ||
| Drinks alcohol, not daily | 231(48) | 96 (57) | 135 (43) | ||
| Never drinks alcohol | 180 (37) | 49 (29) | 131 (42) | ||
| Alcohol use with venue patron | 23.11 | .001 | |||
| Ever | 165 (34) | 81 (49) | 84 (27) | ||
| Never | 317 (66) | 86 (51) | 231(73) | ||
| Alcohol intoxicated during sex (partner unspecified) | 34.64 | .001 | |||
| Ever | 159 (32) | 84 (50) | 75 (24) | ||
| Never | 323 (68) | 83 (50) | 240 (76) | ||
| Drug Use (current, time frame unspecified) | |||||
| Methamphetamines (shabu)b | 45 (9) | 31 (19) | 14 (4) | 25.70 | .001 |
| Other drugsc | 12(3) | 3 (2) | 9 (3) | n.s. | n.s. |
| No drugs | 425 (88) | 133 (80) | 292 (93) | 17.85 | .001 |
| Physical abuse (during lifetime) | 19.47 | .001 | |||
| Ever | 78 (16) | 44 (26) | 34(11) | ||
| Never | 404 (84) | 123 (74) | 281(89) | ||
| Sexual abuse (during lifetime) | 38.06 | .001 | |||
| Ever | 96 (20) | 59 (35) | 37 (12) | ||
| Never | 386 (80) | 108 (65) | 278 (88) |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; n.s., not significant.
a
High school degree in the Philippines = 10th grade.
b
Overlapping with other drugs (not mutually exclusive).
c
Others include marijuana, cocaine, rugby (solvent), ecstasy, and cough syrup.