Table 1.
Associations of recent IPV and client violence with demographics, dance history, and substance use among exotic dancers
| Recent client violence (past 6 months) n = 117 | Recent intimate partner violence (past 6 months) n = 101 with a relationship in the past 6 months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample % | % with violence (row %) | p value chi2 | AOR (95% CI) | Sample % | % with IPV | p value chi2 | AOR (95% CI) | |
| 16.2 | – | – | 35.6 | – | – | |||
| Demographics | ||||||||
| Age | 0.19 | 0.41 | ||||||
| 18–20 | 34.2 | 23.7 | – | 33.7 | 41.2 | – | ||
| 21 and over | 65.8 | 13.7 | – | 66.3 | 32.8 | – | ||
| Race | 0.32 | 0.09 | ||||||
| Black | 47.4 | 21.3 | – | 44.4 | 28.6 | – | ||
| White/other | 52.6 | 14.1 | – | 55.6 | 44.4 | – | ||
| Education | 0.48 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Less than college | 55.9 | 19.4 | – | 55.2 | 35.9 | – | ||
| Some college | 44.1 | 14.3 | – | 44.8 | 30.2 | – | ||
| Marital status | 0.58 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Partnered | 26.1 | 12.9 | – | 27.1 | 26.9 | – | ||
| Single | 73.9 | 17.4 | – | 72.9 | 35.7 | – | ||
| Homeless past 6 months | 0.14 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 19.7 | 26.1 | 21.9 | 66.7 | 2.89 (0.81, 10.32) | |||
| No | 80.3 | 13.8 | 78.1 | 24.0 | -ref- | |||
| Financially dependent on partner | 0.17 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Yes | 52.9 | 11.1 | – | 15.8 | 43.8 | – | ||
| No | 47.1 | 17.2 | – | 84.2 | 34.1 | – | ||
| Dancing and sex exchange history | ||||||||
| Began dancing to support basic necessities | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Yes | 73.9 | 20.7 | 3.62 (0.76, 17.36) | 75.0 | 40.3 | 3.23 (0.74, 14.17) | ||
| No | 26.1 | 3.3 | -ref- | 25.0 | 12.5 | -ref- | ||
| Sex trade history (ever) | < 0.001 | 0.05 | ||||||
| Yes | 39.6 | 29.2 | 4.45 (1.59, 12.41) | 35.4 | 58.8 | 3.13 (1.08, 9.03) | ||
| No | 60.4 | 7.3 | -ref- | 64.6 | 19.3 | -ref- | ||
| Social context | ||||||||
| Club risk | 0.95 | 0.22 | ||||||
| High | 69.0 | 16.7 | – | 67.7 | 38.5 | – | ||
| Low | 31.0 | 17.1 | – | 32.3 | 22.6 | – | ||
| Ever arrested | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Yes | 37.8 | 27.9 | 1.84 (0.70, 4.88) | 40.6 | 48.7 | 1.66 (0.58, 4.71) | ||
| No | 62.2 | 9.5 | -ref- | 59.4 | 22.8 | -ref- | ||
| Substance use | ||||||||
| AUDIT alcohol dependence | 0.71 | 0.07 | ||||||
| Yes | 80.7 | 12.5 | – | 81.5 | 34.9 | – | ||
| No | 19.4 | 15.8 | – | 18.5 | 13.3 | – | ||
| Hard drugs use past 6 months (heroin, cocaine, crack, speedball, and buprenorphine/suboxone) | 0.04 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 19.8 | 30.4 | 1.28 (0.42, 3.89) | 20.83 | 75.0 | 3.01 (0.74, 12.16) | ||
| No | 80.2 | 12.8 | 79.2 | 22.4 | -ref- | |||
| Prescription opioid use past 6 months | 0.10 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 22.5 | 26.9 | – | 22.9 | 72.7 | 2.96 (0.73, 12.02) | ||
| No | 77.5 | 13.2 | – | 77.1 | 21.6 | -ref- | ||
| History of abuse | ||||||||
| Childhood abuse | < 0.001 | – | < 0.001 | – | ||||
| Yes | 42.3 | 35.3 | – | 44.8 | 55.8 | – | ||
| No | 57.7 | 1.5 | – | 55.2 | 15.1 | – | ||