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Distribution of demographic characteristics for the three types of female sex workers. |
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| Type of female sex workers |
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| Variable |
Variable categories |
Street-based (N = 5010) Number (% of N) |
Home-based (N = 1499) Number (% of N) |
Brothel-based (N = 139) Number (% of N) |
Total (N = 6648) Number (% of N) |
Chi-square test for trend |
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| Age group (years) |
16–19 |
409 (8.2) |
233 (15.5) |
28 (20.1) |
670 (10.1) |
p < 0.0001 |
| 20–24 |
1215 (24.3) |
472 (31.5) |
52 (37.4) |
1739 (26.2) |
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| 25–29 |
1541 (30.8) |
365 (24.3) |
27 (19.4) |
1933 (29.1) |
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| 30–34 |
1087 (21.7) |
251 (16.7) |
18 (12.9) |
1356 (20.4) |
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| 35–39 |
538 (10.7) |
124 (8.3) |
12 (8.6) |
674 (10.1) |
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| 40–44 |
182 (3.6) |
43 (2.9) |
1 (0.7) |
226 (3.4) |
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| 45–49 |
35 (0.7) |
10 (0.7) |
1 (0.7) |
46 (0.7) |
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| 50–54 |
3 (0.1) |
1 (0.1) |
0 |
4 (0.1) |
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| Caste* |
Forward |
256 (5.1) |
64 (4.3) |
13 (9.4) |
333 (5.0) |
p < 0.0001 |
| Backward |
1808 (36.1) |
910 (60.7) |
89 (64.0) |
2807 (42.2) |
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| Scheduled |
1946 (38.8) |
381 (25.4) |
23 (16.5) |
2350 (35.3) |
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| Scheduled tribe |
649 (13.0) |
46 (3.1) |
3 (2.2) |
698 (10.5) |
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| Not applicable |
349 (7.0) |
98 (6.5) |
11 (7.9) |
458 (6.9) |
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| Education level |
Illiterate |
3851 (76.9) |
1017 (67.8) |
98 (70.5) |
4966 (74.7) |
p < 0.0001 |
| Primary education (classes I to V) |
862 (17.2) |
318 (21.2) |
27 (19.4) |
1207 (18.2) |
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| More than primary education |
297 (5.9) |
164 (10.9) |
14 (10.1) |
475 (7.1) |
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| Marital status† |
Currently married |
2280 (45.5) |
394 (26.3) |
24 (17.3) |
2698 (40.6) |
p < 0.0001 |
| Separated |
1539 (30.7) |
347 (23.1) |
37 (26.6) |
1923 (28.9) |
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| Divorced |
82 (1.6) |
35 (2.3) |
1 (0.7) |
118 (1.8) |
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| Widowed |
642 (12.8) |
139 (9.3) |
11 (7.9) |
792 (11.9) |
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| Never married |
467 (9.3) |
584 (39.0) |
66 (47.5) |
1117 (16.8) |
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| Number of living children |
None |
890 (17.8) |
585 (39.0) |
71 (51.1) |
1546 (23.3) |
p < 0.0001 |
| 1 |
1035 (20.7) |
275 (18.3) |
23 (16.5) |
1333 (20.1) |
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| 2 |
1684 (33.6) |
349 (23.3) |
25 (18.0) |
2058 (31.0) |
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| >2 |
1401 (28.0) |
290 (19.3) |
20 (14.4) |
1711 (25.7) |
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*Not applicable for those belonging to religion other than Hindu. †Separated: not staying with husband but not legally divorced. | ||||||
Dandona et al. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2006 6:5 doi:10.1186/1472-698X-6-5 |
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