Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Loss Trauma. 2019 Jan 31;24(2):129–142. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2018.1560692

Table 1:

Comparisons between parentally bereaved vs. non-bereaved sex workers across demographic, contraceptive use, and sexual health conditions.

Not bereaved, n=98 Single parent bereaved, n=108 Dual parent bereaved, n=92 Test statistic
Age 25.08 (6.13) 24.20 (6.96) 27.79 (8.97 F (2, 295) =6.20, p=.002
Education 1 < 0*, 2*
 None 3.1% 1.9% 6.6% X2 (6) = 21.61, p=.001**
 Primary 33.7% 55.6% 60.4%
 Secondary 59.2% 38.9% 31.9%
 Tertiary 4.1% 3.7% 1.1%
Marital Status X2 (8) = 15.31, p=.05
 Single 68.4% 57.4% 46.7%
 Divorced 4.1% 7.4% 10.9%
 Separated 19.4% 31.5% 37.0%
 Widowed 7.1% 3.7% 5.4%
 Cohabitating 1.0% 0% 0%
Prior contra. use 3.34 (1.54) 2.83 (1.29) 3.13 (1.44) F (2, 284) = 2.14, p=.12
Current contra. use 1.36 (.51) 1.32 (.49) 1.41 (.61) F (2, 270) = 2.20, p=.11
Sexual health cond. 1.05 (1.35) 1.01 (1.48) .73 (1.38) F (2, 295) = 1.47, p=.23

Note.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

Contra. = Contraceptive; Cond. = conditions