Experiences of gender-based violence among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Latin America and the Caribbean: a qualitative study to inform HIV programming

Table 1 Participant demographics

	All KP groups (n = 278) N, mean or %	FSW (n = 119) n, mean, or %	TGW (n = 74) n, mean, or %	MSM (n = 85) n, mean, or %
Country^a
Trinidad	30	8	10	12
Barbados	20	7	5	8
Haiti	178	89	44	45
El Salvador	50	15	15	20
Age (years)^b	29.2	30.4	29.5	27.1
Highest education level^c
None	4.0%	8.6%	1.4%	0.0%
Primary	20.1%	30.2%	16.4%	9.4%
Secondary	62.4%	56.0%	71.2%	63.5%
University/technical	13.5%	5.2%	11.0%	27.1%
Paid employment^c	48.0%	57.8%	46.6%	35.7%
Ever engaged in sex work^c	48.9%	100.0%	60.6%	38.7%

^a Participants per country is reported as number
^bAge is reported as a mean
^c Education, paid employment and ever engaged in sex work are reported as percentages

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