Sexual Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
J Sex Med. 2011 Jan;8(1):116-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01967.x. Epub 2010 Aug 16.
Previous studies have examined sex workers' attitudes to work but not their levels of job satisfaction compared with other occupations.
The job satisfaction levels and standards of living of sex workers in licensed brothels in Victoria were compared with Australian women.
Responses to a questionnaire that included questions about sex work and their "most likely alternative job." Survey data was compared with identical questions from the Households, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey.
A structured survey was undertaken with sex workers in Victoria attending a a sexual health service.
Of the 112 sex workers who agreed to participate in the study, 85 (76%) completed the survey. The median years women had been working as sex workers was three (range 0.1-18). The main reasons women started sex work was because "they needed the money" (69%), were attracted to the flexible hours (44%) or had a particular goal in mind (43%). The two biggest concerns women had about sex work were their safety (65%) and the risk of sexually transmitted infections (65%). When compared with the median job satisfaction scores of Australian women working in sex workers' "most likely alternative jobs," 50% of sex workers reported a higher median satisfaction score for sex work in relation to hours worked, 47% in relation to flexibility, 43% in relation to total pay, 26% in relation to job security, 19% in relation to the work itself, and 25% in relation to overall job satisfaction.
Women reported that they primarily do sex work for financial gain although a significant minority prefer it to other work they would be likely to do. These results should be interpreted in the context that the presence of personality disorders that are common among sex workers were not measured in this study.
之前的研究已经考察了性工作者的工作态度，但没有将其工作满意度与其他职业进行比较。
将维多利亚州持牌妓院性工作者的工作满意度水平和生活水平与澳大利亚女性进行比较。
对调查问卷的回答，包括关于性工作的问题及其“最有可能的替代工作”。调查数据与澳大利亚家庭、收入和劳动力动态调查中的相同问题进行了比较。
对维多利亚州一家性健康服务机构的性工作者进行了一项结构性调查。
在 112 名同意参与研究的性工作者中，有 85 人（76%）完成了调查。女性从事性工作的中位数年限为三年（范围为 0.1-18 年）。女性开始从事性工作的主要原因是“她们需要钱”（69%），吸引她们的是灵活的工作时间（44%）或有特定的目标（43%）。女性对性工作最关心的两个问题是安全（65%）和性传播感染的风险（65%）。与从事性工作者“最有可能的替代工作”的澳大利亚女性的中位数工作满意度得分相比，50%的性工作者报告说，性工作在工作时间、工作灵活性、总薪酬、工作保障、工作本身和整体工作满意度方面的满意度得分中位数更高，分别为 47%、43%、26%、19%、19%和 25%。
女性报告说，她们主要从事性工作是为了赚钱，尽管少数人更喜欢从事性工作，而不是她们可能从事的其他工作。这些结果应该在本研究未测量性工作者中常见的人格障碍的情况下进行解释。
