Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tanta, Tanta, Egypt.
East Mediterr Health J. 2013 Jan;19(1):24-9.
Data on demographic, social and behavioural characteristics of female sex workers in greater Cairo are very scarce. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 431 randomly selected sex workers after mapping of sites where they gather. Data collection was performed by direct interviewing using a questionnaire sheet covering sociodemographic data and sexual history with paying and non-paying partners. More than one half of participants (52.7%) were aged < 30 years. Only 39.3% were exclusively working as sex workers while the rest had other jobs beside sex work. Almost 70% were responsible for deperidants. The age of first selling sex was < 15 years for 4.7% of the women and 15-25 years for 58.7%. Unwanted pregnancies were experienced by 36.2% and 34.8% had had an abortion. Many participants had ever been arrested by the police (71.2%). The study has provided some useful background data for further studies in this very sensitive area of research.
开罗大都市区女性性工作者的人口统计学、社会和行为特征数据非常稀缺。本研究采用横断面研究设计，对 431 名随机抽取的性工作者进行了研究，这些性工作者是在她们聚集的地点被定位后招募的。通过使用一份包含社会人口学数据和与付费及非付费性伴侣的性史的调查问卷，直接访谈收集数据。超过一半的参与者（52.7%）年龄<30 岁。仅有 39.3%的参与者专门从事性工作，其余的人除了性工作之外还有其他工作。近 70%的人负责提供催情剂。4.7%的女性首次卖淫年龄<15 岁，58.7%的女性首次卖淫年龄为 15-25 岁。36.2%的参与者经历过意外怀孕，34.8%的参与者曾堕胎。许多参与者曾被警方逮捕（71.2%）。本研究为这一非常敏感的研究领域的进一步研究提供了一些有用的背景数据。
