Table 2 Demographic characteristics of female sex workers in the participant’s social network
From: Population size estimation of female sex workers using network scale-up method in Kermanshah city
Variable | Category | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age groups | 18–29 | 259 | 59.6 |
30–44 | 155 | 34.1 | |
45–65 | 20 | 4 | |
Education level | Illiterate | 11 | 2.5 |
Elementary | 46 | 10.5 | |
Guidance | 206 | 47.4 | |
Diploma & higher | 171 | 39.4 | |
Marital status | Single | 145 | 33.4 |
Married | 121 | 27.8 | |
Divorced | 132 | 30.4 | |
Widow | 36 | 8.2 | |
Number of children | No child | 243 | 55.9 |
One | 101 | 23.2 | |
Two | 71 | 16.3 | |
≥ 3 | 19 | 4.3 | |
Life time History of alcohol use | Yes | 126 | 29.1 |
Life time history of prison | Yes | 22 | 5.1 |
Life time history of drug use | Yes | 64 | 14.7 |