Traumatic Associations amongst Men and Women Selling Sex in the Philippines
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Measures
2.2. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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N (%) | Participate in an Organization Addressing Health and Human Rights | p-Value | ||
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Median (Range) | Yes (n = 78) | No (n = 18) | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 37 (38.5) | 29 (37.2) | 8 (44.4) | 0.93 |
Female | 59 (61.5) | 49 (62.8) | 10 (55.6) | |
Marital Status | 0.44 | |||
Married or Living with Partner | 50 (53.8) | 40 (51.9) | 10 (62.5) | |
Single/Other | 43 (46.2) | 37 (48.1) | 6 (37.5) | |
Work Location | 0.21 | |||
Street | 70 (75.3) | 56 (72.7) | 14 (87.5) | |
Venue-based | 23 (24.7) | 21 (27.3) | 2 (12.5) | |
Experienced Abuse (physical, sexual) | 0.1 | |||
Yes | 61 (63.5) | 53 (71.4) | 8 (50.0) | |
No | 35 (36.5) | 25 (28.6) | 10 (50.0) | |
Experienced Trafficking | 0.26 | |||
Yes | 33 (37.6) | 26 (33.3) | 7 (38.9) | |
No | 63 (62.4) | 52 (67.9) | 11 (61.1) | |
Drug Use in the Past 3 Months | 0.93 | |||
Yes | 16 (18.0) | 13 (16.9) | 3 (18.8) | |
No | 73 (82.0) | 60 (77.9) | 13 (81.3) | |
Community Mobilization Experience | 0.06 | |||
Yes | 24 (25.0) | 23 (29.5) | 1 (.06) | |
No | 72 (75.0) | 55 (70.5) | 17 (94.4) | |
Age | 23 (15–48) | 25.6 (7.9) | 24.6 (7.4) | 0.63 |
Income (pesos) | 500 (0–10,000) | 1063.1 (1594.1) | 637.5 (769.1) | 0.11 |
Years of Education | 10 (1–16) | 9.2 (3.0) | 8.6 (2.8) | 0.44 |
Number of Children | 1 (0–6) | 1.2 (1.4) | 1.5 (1.3) | 0.36 |
Knowledge of Health and Human Rights | 5.2 (3.3) * | 5.4 (3.4) | 3.7 (2.3) | 0.02 *** |
Knowledge of Reproductive Rights | 6.0 (3.4) ** | 6.3 (3.3) | 4.6 (3.5) | 0.1 |
Had Thought About the Goals of the Group/Community | 4.9 (3.2) | 5.5 (3.1) | 2.3 (1.8) | 0.001 **** |
Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) | 95% CI | |
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Experienced Abuse | 10.86 | 1.48–79.69 * |
Experienced Trafficking | 0.14 | 0.02–0.97 * |
Considered Goals of the Group/community | 2.12 | 1.37–3.28 *** |
Previous Community Mobilization Participation around Health and Human Rights | 41.75 | 1.96–891.19 * |
Number of Children | 0.28 | 0.12–0.66 ** |
Gender | 0.11 | 0.01–0.80 * |
Age | 1.19 | 1.03–1.38 * |
Income | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
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Urada, L.A.; Ly, J.H.; Simbulan, N.P.; Hernandez, L.I.; Reed, E.E. Traumatic Associations amongst Men and Women Selling Sex in the Philippines. Trauma Care 2022, 2, 330-340. https://doi.org/10.3390/traumacare2020027
Urada LA, Ly JH, Simbulan NP, Hernandez LI, Reed EE. Traumatic Associations amongst Men and Women Selling Sex in the Philippines. Trauma Care. 2022; 2(2):330-340. https://doi.org/10.3390/traumacare2020027
Chicago/Turabian StyleUrada, Lianne A., Jasmine H. Ly, Nymia Pimentel Simbulan, Laufred I. Hernandez, and Elizabeth E. Reed. 2022. "Traumatic Associations amongst Men and Women Selling Sex in the Philippines" Trauma Care 2, no. 2: 330-340. https://doi.org/10.3390/traumacare2020027