Table 2.

Correlates of physical violence among female sex workers with three partner types: regular partner, client, a coworker (N = 232).

	Physical violence regular partner OR 95% CI	Physical violence client	Physical violence coworker
Socio-demographics
Nationality     Dominican     Haitian	Referent     0.365     0.177–0.754**	Referent       1.524       0.725–3.205	Referent       6.383       2.532–16.091***
Age	1.192     1.040–1.366*	1.040       0.930–1.158	1.038       0.930–1.158
Education     Primary education or less     Secondary education or higher	7.726     2.257–26.450** Referent	0.917       0.221–3.814       Referent	0.917       0.221–3.914       Referent
Substance Use
Use of alcohol to facilitate sex work	1.263     0.541–2.949	6.400       2.602–15.743***	6.878       2.622–18.038***
Paid by clients in drugs or alcohol	3.992     1.113–14.317*	0.429       0.198–0.930*	2.159       0.875–5.326
History of Childhood Abuse
Physical abuse	1.198     0.570–2.518	2.819       1.400–5.676**	2.058       0.951–4.455
Verbal abuse	0.566     0.210–1.524	0.446       0.176–1.130	0.027       0.003–0.2494***
Sex Behavior
Age of first engagement in sex with penetration	0.960     0.918–1.002	0.920       0.824–1.027	1.053       0.928–1.196
Age of first engagement in sex work	0.959     0.915–1.004	1.002       0.946–1.060	0.983       0.930–1.038
Avoid arrest through sex	2.177     1.061–4.466*	3.737       1.951–7.160***	1.447       0.715–2.928