Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of migrant sex workers (N = 39) in Tecún Umán, Guatemala
Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
Age, in years (median, inter-quartile range) | 27 (24–33) |
Marital Status | |
Single | 30 (76.9%) |
Married/Common-law | 5 (12.8%) |
Widow | 2 (5.1%) |
Divorced/Separated | 2 (5.1%) |
Education | |
None | 5 (12.8%) |
Primary school or less | 21 (53.9%) |
Some secondary/finished secondary school | 5 (12.8%) |
Some prep school or higher | 8 (20.5%) |
Place of service, last 6 months | |
Formal entertainment establishment (bar, casa cerrada) | 27 (69.2%) |
Informal entertainment establishment (cantina, botanero) | 10 (25.6%) |
Hotel/motel | 7 (17.9%) |
Posesses a sex work permit | 27 (69.2%) |
Country of origin | |
Internal Guatemalan migrant | 21 (53.8%) |
Honduras | 9 (23.1%) |
El Salvador | 3 (7.7%) |
Nicaragua | 4 (10.3%) |
Mexico | 2 (5.1%) |
Time in current city, in years (median, inter-quartile range) | 1 (0.13–4) |