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Table 3 Structural vulnerabilities by age and program contact among YSW in Mombasa, Kenya (2015)

From: Low program access despite high burden of sexual, structural, and reproductive health vulnerabilities among young women who sell sex in Mombasa, Kenya

Structural vulnerability

Overall population

Age group

Program contacta

 

N = 408

14–18, N = 117

19–24, N = 291

 

No, N = 352

Yes, N = 56

 

n/N

%(95% CI)

%(95% CI)

%(95% CI)

p-value

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

p-value

Socioeconomic

 Does not have regular source of income (including sex work)

341/408

83.6 (79.6–87.0)

85.5 (77.8–91.3)

82.8 (78.0–87.0)

0.56

83.2 (78.9–87.0)

85.7 (73.8–93.6)

0.85

 Cannot fully cover living expenses from last month’s sex work

336/408

82.4 (78.3–85.9)

77.8 (69.2–84.9)

84.2 (79.5–88.2)

0.15

82.4 (78.0–86.2)

82.1 (69.6–91.1)

1.00

 Does not keep all wages from last month sex work

55/408

13.5 (10.3–17.2)

12.0 (6.7–19.3)

14.1 (10.3–18.6)

0.63

13.1 (9.7–17.0)

16.1 (7.6–28.3)

0.53

 Has not completed primary school

124/408

30.4 (26.0–35.1)

34.2 (25.7–43.5)

28.9 (23.7–34.4)

0.34

30.7 (25.9–35.8)

28.6 (17.3–42.2)

0.88

 Cannot read and/or write

11/408

2.7 (1.4–4.8)

3.4 (0.9–8.5)

2.4 (1.0–4.9)

0.52

2.8 (1.4–5.2)

1.8 (0.0–9.6)

1.00

Violence

 Physical violence by sexual partner, ever

122/408

29.9 (25.5–34.6)

29.1 (21.0–38.2)

30.2 (25.0–35.9)

0.90

30.4 (25.6–35.5)

26.8 (15.8–40.3)

0.64

 Physical violence by sexual partner, past 1 yearb

79/122

64.8 (55.6–73.2)

76.5 (58.8–89.3)

60.2 (49.2–70.5)

0.14

66.4 (56.6–75.2)

53.3 (26.6–78.7)

0.39

 Sexual violence, ever

119/408

29.2 (24.8–33.8)

24.8 (17.3–33.6)

30.9 (25.7–36.6)

0.23

30.4 (25.6–35.5)

21.4 (11.6–34.4)

0.21

 Sexual violence, past 1 past yearc

58/119

48.7 (39.5–58.1)

55.2 (35.7–73.6)

46.7 (36.1–57.5)

0.52

47.7 (37.9–57.5)

58.3 (27.7–84.8)

0.55

 Police harrassmentd, ever

183/408

44.9 (40.0–49.8)

29.1 (21–38.2)

51.2 (45.3–57.1)

< 0.01

43.2 (37.9–48.5)

55.4 (41.5–68.7)

0.11

 Police harrassmentd,e, past 1 year

139/183

76.0 (69.1–82.0)

85.3 (68.9–95.0)

73.8 (66.0–80.7)

0.19

75.7 (68–82.2)

77.4 (58.9–90.4)

1.00

Alcohol

 Consumed alcohol in the last month

324/408

79.4 (75.2–83.2)

76.9 (68.2–84.2)

80.4 (75.4–84.8)

0.42

78.4 (73.7–82.6)

85.7 (73.8–93.6)

0.28

 Consumed alcohol almost everyday

121/408

29.7 (25.3–34.3)

32.5 (24.1–41.8)

28.5 (23.4–34.1)

0.47

29.5 (24.8–34.6)

30.4 (18.8–44.1)

0.88

 Inebriatedf,g in the last month

154/324

47.5 (42.0–53.1)

46.7 (36.1–57.5)

47.9 (41.3–54.5)

0.90

45.7 (39.7–51.7)

58.3 (43.2–72.4)

0.12

 Inebriatedf,h during sex in the last month

112/154

72.7 (65.0–79.6)

78.6 (63.2–89.7)

70.5 (61.2–78.8)

0.42

74.6 (66.1–81.9)

64.3 (44.1–81.4)

0.35

 Partner inebriatedf during sex in the last month

283/408

69.4 (64.6–73.8)

65 (55.6–73.5)

71.1 (65.6–76.3)

0.24

69 (63.9–73.8)

71.4 (57.8–82.7)

0.76

  1. CI confidence interval, YSW young women who sell sex, age 14–24 years
  2. aProgram contact defined as ever contacted by peers of a non-governmental organization/community-based organization
  3. bAmong participants who ever had experienced physical violence by sexual partner (N = 122)
  4. cAmong participants who ever had experienced sexual violence (N = 119)
  5. dPolice harassment was defined as experiencing physical assault or arrest by law enforcement while working as a sex worker
  6. eAmong participants who ever had experienced police harassement (N = 183)
  7. fInebriated defined as answering at least one time to the following question: “In the last month, how many times did you get drunk (under the influence of alcohol)?”
  8. gAmong participants who consumed alcohol in the last month (N = 324)
  9. hAmong participants who self-declared to be inebriated in the last month (N = 154)