Table 3.

Characteristics of sex workers.

Variables	Obs.	Mean	SD
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age (in years)	592	38.66	9.54
Marital status:	592
Never married		0.186
Married		0.054
Divorced		0.667
Widowed		0.093
Household size	592	8.037	5.445
Monthly earning from sex work (CFAF)a,b	511	126,551	111,413
Monthly household expenditures (CFAF)a	592	353,224	290,666
Expenses last 48 h (CFAF)a	592	11,124	7971
Not in urgent need of cash	587	0.317	0.466
Psychological and personality attributes
Altruism (out of 1000 CFAF)a	590	195	241
Preference for the presentb	592	0.877	0.329
Extraversionc	592	25.248	4.119
Agreeablenessc	592	33.573	3.653
Counsciousnessc	592	33.813	4.251
Openessc	592	28.848	5.072
Neuroticismd	592	21.041	4.184
Religiosity: “God protects me”	592
Strongly disagree		0.000
Disagree		0.014
Agree		0.422
Strongly agree		0.564
Mental health
Self-efficacye	592	0.000	1.001
Self-controlf	592	0.193	0.395
Happiness	592
Not at all happy		0.015
Not happy		0.145
Neither happy nor not happy		0.360
Happy		0.367
Very happy		0.113
Moderately severe depressiong	592	0.090	0.286

Notes: Differences in the number of observations are due to missing information.

^a1 USD = 554 FCFA.

^bPrefer 1000 CFAF now than 1500 CFAF in a week.

^cOut of the 592 respondents interviewed, 62 are no longer FSWs.

^dEach index is the sum of the scores of a series of questions using a scale going from 1 to 5. Questions are derived from the Big five personality traits questionnaire (44 items). Extraversion and neuroticism are based on 8 items, agreeableness and counsciousness on 9 items and openess on 10 items.

^eSelf-efficacy is based on a factor analysis that include 9 items that measure the ability to sort out issues with police, landlord, neighbour, clients, sudden illness, make decisions regarding child future, ability to develop skills to start a new business, ability to buy a place.

^fSelf-control is equal to 1 if the sex worker disagrees with “I have a good self-control”.

^gThis variable is equal to 1 if PHQ-9 $\ge$ 15 and 0 otherwise.