Table 3.
Participants’ patterns of income generation according to their gender identity
| Participants’ gender identity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisgender (N = 18) |
Transgender (N = 15) |
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| Patterns of income generation | N | (%) | N | (%) |
| Age first started sex work (years) | ||||
| 16–19 | 2 | (11) | 9 | (60) |
| 20–24 | 4 | (22) | 4 | (27) |
| 25–29 | 4 | (22) | 2 | (13) |
| 30 or more | 8 | (44) | ||
| Amount of time engaging sex work (years) | ||||
| Less than 1 year | 2 | (11) | 0 | (0) |
| 1–9 | 0 | (0) | 7 | (47) |
| 10–19 | 9 | (50) | 2 | (13) |
| 20–29 | 3 | (17) | 4 | (27) |
| 30 or more | 4 | (22) | 2 | (13) |
| Received income from other occupations in previous 6 months | ||||
| Yes | 11 | (61) | 13 | (87) |
| No | 7 | (39) | 2 | (13) |
| Involvement in sex work | ||||
| Full time | 9 | (50) | 3 | (21) |
| Part time | 6 | (33) | 10 | (71) |
| Periodic | 3 | (17) | 1 | (7) |
| Number of days engaging in sex work during a month | ||||
| 0–9 | 9 | (50) | 6 | (43) |
| 10–19 | 6 | (33) | 3 | (21) |
| 20 or more | 3 | (17) | 5 | (35) |
| Income per month (MYR) | ||||
| 0–999 | 6 | (33) | 0 | (0) |
| 1000–1999 | 6 | (33) | 6 | (43) |
| 2000–2999 | 3 | (17) | 5 | (36) |
| 3000 or more | 3 | (17) | 3 | (21) |