Table 4 Distribution of select variables for the gap between first vaginal intercourse and the first sexual intercourse in exchange for money for female sex workers (FSWs).
From: Demography and sex work characteristics of female sex workers in India
Gap between first vaginal intercourse and first sexual intercourse in exchange for money (years)* | ||||||||
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Variable | Variable categories | Total (6646) | None (N = 922) (% of total) [% of N] | >0–2 (N = 481) (% of total) [% of N] | >2–5 (N = 1062) (% of total) [% of N] | >5–10 (N = 2102) (% of total) [% of N] | >10–15 (N = 1393) (% of total) [% of N] | >15 (N = 686) (% of total) [% of N] |
Age at starting sex work (years)† | 12–15 | 580 | 481 (82.9) [52.2] | 98 (16.9) [20.4] | 1 (0.2) [0.1] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16–19 | 1391 | 414 (29.8) [44.9] | 348 (25.0) [72.3] | 589 (42.3) [55.5] | 40 (2.9) [1.9] | 0 | 0 | |
20–24 | 2017 | 26 (1.3) [2.8] | 34 (1.7) [7.1] | 452 (22.4) [42.6] | 1432 (71.0) [68.1] | 73 (3.6) [5.2] | 0 | |
25–29 | 1763 | 0 | 1 (0.1) [0.2] | 19 (1.1) [1.8] | 613 (34.8) [29.2] | 1087 (61.7) [78.0] | 43 (2.4) [6.3] | |
30–34 | 692 | 1 (0.1) [0.1] | 0 | 1 (0.1) [0.1] | 17 (2.5) [0.8] | 228 (32.9) [16.4] | 445 (64.3) [64.9] | |
> = 35 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (2.5) [0.4] | 198 (97.5) [28.9] | |
Type of FSW† | Street-based | 5010 | 364 (7.3) [39.5] | 316 (6.3) [65.7] | 846 (16.9) [79.7] | 1731 (34.6) [82.4] | 1179 (23.5) [84.6] | 574 (11.5) [83.7] |
Home-based | 1497 | 508 (33.9) [55.1] | 149 (10.0) [31.0] | 197 (13.2) [18.5] | 337 (22.5) [16.0] | 199 (13.3) [14.3] | 107 (7.1) [15.6] | |
Brothel-based | 139 | 50 (36.0) [5.4] | 16 (11.5) [3.3] | 19 (13.7) [1.8] | 34 (24.5) [1.6] | 15 (10.8) [1.1] | 5 (3.6) [0.7] | |
Marital status†‡ | Never married | 1116 | 816 (73.1) [88.5] | 189 (16.9) [39.3] | 82 (7.3) [7.7] | 24 (2.2) [1.1] | 4 (0.4) [0.3] | 1 (0.1) [0.1] |
Currently married | 2697 | 58 (2.2) [6.3] | 170 (6.3) [35.3] | 550 (20.4) [51.8] | 1083 (40.2) [51.5] | 578 (21.4) [41.5] | 258 (9.6) [37.6] | |
Others | 2833 | 48 (1.7) [5.2] | 122 (4.3) [25.4] | 430 (15.2) [40.5] | 995 (35.1) [47.3] | 811 (258.6) [58.2] | 427 (15.1) [62.2] | |
Caste†§ | Forward | 333 | 33 (9.9) [3.6] | 25 (7.5) [5.2] | 59 (17.7) [5.6] | 104 (31.2) [4.9] | 69 (20.7) [5.0] | 43 (12.9) [6.3] |
Backward | 2805 | 586 (20.9) [63.6] | 242 (8.6) [50.3] | 439 (15.7) [41.3] | 812 (28.9) [38.6] | 510 (18.2) [36.6] | 216 (7.7) [31.5] | |
Scheduled | 2350 | 209 (8.9) [22.7] | 131 (5.6) [27.2] | 388 (16.5) [36.5] | 799 (34.0) [38.0] | 566 (24.1) [40.6] | 257 (10.9) [37.5] | |
Scheduled tribe | 698 | 37 (5.3) [4.0] | 61 (8.7) [12.7] | 120 (17.2) [11.3] | 237 (34.0) [11.3] | 134 (19.2) [9.6] | 109 (15.6) [15.9] | |
Not applicable | 458 | 55 (12.0) [6.0] | 22 (4.8) [4.6] | 56 (12.2) [5.3] | 150 (32.8) [7.1] | 114 (24.9) [8.2] | 61 (13.3) [8.9] | |
Education level† | Illiterate | 4965 | 576 (11.6) [62.5] | 322 (6.5) [66.9] | 765 (15.4) [72.0] | 1589 (32.0) [75.6] | 1101 (22.2) [79.0] | 612 (12.3) [89.2] |
Primary education (classes I to V) | 1206 | 242 (20.1) [26.2] | 104 (8.6) [21.6] | 204 (16.9) [19.2] | 382 (31.7) [18.2] | 215 (17.8) [15.4] | 59 (4.9) [8.6] | |
More than primary education | 475 | 104 (21.9) [11.3] | 55 (11.6) [11.4] | 93 (19.6) [8.8] | 131 (27.6) [6.2] | 77 (16.2) [5.5] | 15 (3.2) [2.2] | |
Rural-urban area from where FSW was sampled†¶ | Rural | 1446 | 348 (24.1) [37.7] | 142 (9.8) [29.5] | 224 (15.5) [21.1] | 362 (25.0) [17.2] | 228 (15.8) [16.4] | 142 (9.8) [20.7] |
Urban small | 748 | 131 (17.5) [14.2] | 57 (7.6) [11.9] | 143 (19.1) [13.5] | 215 (28.7) [10.2] | 142 (19.0) [10.2] | 60 (8.0) [8.7] | |
Urban medium | 2838 | 299 (10.5) [32.4] | 181 (6.4) [37.6] | 460 (16.2) [43.3] | 952 (33.5) [45.3] | 665 (23.4) [47.7] | 281 (9.9) [41.0] | |
Urban large | 1614 | 144 (8.9) [15.6] | 101 (6.3) [21.0] | 235 (14.6) [22.1] | 573 (35.5) [27.3] | 358 (22.2) [25.7] | 203 (12.6) [29.6] | |