TABLE 1—
Descriptive Characteristics Among 250 Female Sex Workers in Baltimore City, MD, 2016–2017
| Client-Perpetrated Violence in Past 3 Months |
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| Overall, No. (%) | Yes, No. (%) | No, No. (%) | P | |
| Total | 250 (100.0) | 55 (22.0) | 195 (78.0) | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age, y | .10 | |||
| 18–29 | 66 (26.4) | 17 (30.9) | 49 (25.1) | |
| 30–39 | 109 (43.6) | 28 (50.9) | 81 (41.5) | |
| ≥ 40 | 75 (30.0) | 10 (18.2) | 65 (33.3) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .001 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 166 (66.4) | 45 (81.8) | 121 (62.1) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 57 (22.8) | 2 (3.6) | 55 (28.2) | |
| Hispanic or other | 27 (10.8) | 8 (14.5) | 19 (9.7) | |
| Highest level of education attained | .80 | |||
| Did not complete high school | 131 (52.4) | 27 (49.1) | 92 (47.2) | |
| High school or greater | 119 (47.6) | 28 (50.9) | 103 (52.8) | |
| Working conditions | ||||
| Length of time in street-based sex work, y | .43 | |||
| ≤ 1 | 44 (17.6) | 7 (12.7) | 37 (19.0) | |
| > 1–5 | 77 (30.8) | 20 (36.4) | 57 (29.2) | |
| > 5 | 129 (51.6) | 28 (50.9) | 101 (51.8) | |
| Frequency of street-based sex work | .031 | |||
| Daily | 85 (34.0) | 12 (21.8) | 73 (37.4) | |
| Weekly or monthly | 165 (66.0) | 43 (78.2) | 122 (62.6) | |
| Number of clientsa | .27 | |||
| 1–29 | 111 (44.8) | 21 (38.2) | 90 (46.2) | |
| ≥ 30 | 137 (55.2) | 34 (61.8) | 103 (52.8) | |
| Drug use and involvement in the drug tradea | ||||
| Daily heroin use | 175 (70.0) | 46 (83.6) | 129 (66.2) | .012 |
| Daily crack cocaine use | 155 (62.0) | 35 (63.6) | 120 (61.5) | .78 |
| Daily opioid or benzodiazepine pill useb | 29 (11.6) | 3 (5.5) | 26 (13.3) | .11 |
| Sold, touted, or steered drugs | 58 (23.2) | 12 (21.8) | 46 (23.6) | .78 |
| Sexual risk | ||||
| HIV infection | 13 (5.2) | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| STI infectionc | 136 (54.4) | 35 (63.6) | 101 (51.8) | .12 |
Note. STI = sexually transmitted infection.
a
Past 3 mo.
b
Not as prescribed by a doctor or nurse.
c
Gonorrhea, chlamydia, or trichomoniasis infection.