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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2019 Nov 2;36(21-22):10383–10404. doi: 10.1177/0886260519884694

Table 2.

Lifetime Perpetrators of Sexual and Physical Violence against Street-Based Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland

Childhood sexual violence1 (n = 77) Childhood physical violence2 (n = 97)
Variable n % n %
Family
 Father/step-father 17 22.1 47 49.5
 Mother/step-mother 0 0.0 26 27.4
 Sibling 4 5.2 8 8.4
 Male relative 26 33.8 9 9.5
 Female relative 2 2.6 7 7.4
Intimate partner 7 9.1 25 26.3
Client 1 1.3 2 2.1
Someone else 18 23.4 10 10.5
Don’t know 8 10.4 0 0.0
≥2 perpetrator types reported^ 14 19.2 25 26.3
Adulthood sexual violence3,5 (n = 91) Adulthood physical violence4,5 (n = 166)
Variable n % n %
 Intimate partner 39 42.9 113 69.3
 Client 75 82.4 108 65.5
 Police officer 10 11.0 59 35.5
 Pimps/manager 1 1.1 2 1.2
≥2 perpetrator types reported^ 30 33.0 90 54.2

Note. Multiple perpetrators could be reported

1

Pressured or forced to have sexual contact including sexual touching or sexual intercourse before age of 18.

2

Hit, punched, slapped or otherwise physically hurt before age of 18.

3

Forced to have sexual intercourse.

4

Hit, punched, slapped or otherwise physically hurt or threatened with a weapon.

5

The measure of adulthood violence did not include other types of perpetrators such as family or strangers.

^

denominator excludes those who refused to answer