Table 2.

Breakdown of Monthly Income of Male Sex Workers: Lima, Peru (March 2014).

	Total	Income Group 1 (US$0-US$137)	Income Group 2 (US$138-US$250)	Income Group 3 (US$251-US$429)	Income Group 4 (US$430-US$1,327)
Characteristics of the study participants	N = 209	n = 51	n = 57	n = 51	n = 50
Median monthly income from SW (IQR)***	143 (71-250)	71 (32-107)	161 (89-179)	179 (89-286)	289 (179-464)
Median monthly income from non-SW (IQR)***	50 (0-186)	0 (0-7)	43 (0-107)	125 (0-214)	286 (143-357)
Median total monthly income (IQR)	250 (143-411)	86 (54-107)	196 (171-214)	321 (286-375)	536 (464-668)
Median number of sexual partners past 3 months (IQR)***	20 (10-42)	11 (8-26)	20 (7-40)	20 (10-50)	29 (14-60)
Median number of clients past 3 months (IQR)***	15 (8-37)	10 (5-20)	14 (7-32)	20 (10-40)	27 (12-56)
Median amount charged per encounter (IQR)**	11 (9-14)	11 (7-13)	11 (9-14)	11 (9-13)	11 (11-18)

Note. Income grouping was based on total monthly income and was used for presentation, not statistical analysis purposes. Groups 1 to 4 cutoffs were chosen to create four similar-sized groups. All incomes are presented in US$ (exchange rate of 2.8 Peruvian Nuevo Soles = US$1). Income was treated as a continuous variable. Linear regression analysis was used for continuous characteristic variables (e.g., age) and student’s t test/ANOVA was used for categorical characteristic variables (e.g., high school completion). SW = sex work; IQR = interquartile range.

^†p < .1

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001, for associations between study characteristics (first column) and total income.