Sex Work Population Project, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
PLoS One. 2024 Mar 27;19(3):e0298523. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298523. eCollection 2024.
How long indoor sex workers stay employed in collectives is a poorly understood aspect of sex worker agency in industrialized democracies. This study provides estimates of turnover, the rate at which workers leave employment, using a subsample of 76 collectives representing 3545 workers over a one-year period. All the collectives provided data on individual workers via external websites. The collectives were identified in a larger random sample of 783 advertisers from a popular Canadian classifieds site used by sex workers, all of whom provided URLs as part of their ad contact information. Monthly between October 2022 and October 2023, individual workers associated with the subsample of advertisers were identified from web pages maintained by these advertisers and scheduling data was collected where available. Worker turnover was estimated based on whether workers were visible one month to the next. Over the year, estimated turnover ranged from 12.0% to 16.0% (mean 14.2% SD 1.1%). Turnover was not affected by month or number of workers in the collectives. Mean 41.1% workers (SD 23.5%, N = 51 advertisers) were scheduled on any given day. Workers were visible for a mean 5.5 months (SD 4.5) with those visible for one month being the largest single group. Most sex workers in collectives are likely not permanent full time employees, and the extremely brief work histories of many suggest that failure in the industry may be common for this subpopulation.
性工作者在集体中工作的时间长短是工业化民主国家中性工作者机构的一个理解甚少的方面。本研究使用一个为期一年的 76 个集体代表 3545 名工人的子样本，提供了离职率（工人离开工作的速度）的估计值。所有集体都通过外部网站向个别工人提供数据。这些集体是在一个更大的随机样本中确定的，该样本来自一个加拿大流行的性工作者使用的分类广告网站上的 783 名广告商，所有广告商都提供了 URL 作为其广告联系方式的一部分。2022 年 10 月至 2023 年 10 月期间，每月都从与广告商子样本相关的工人中识别出网页上的个体工人，并在有可用数据时收集日程安排数据。根据工人在下一个月是否可见来估计工人离职率。在这一年中，估计的离职率在 12.0%至 16.0%之间（平均 14.2%，SD1.1%）。离职率不受月份或集体中工人数量的影响。平均 41.1%的工人（SD23.5%，N=51 个广告商）在任何给定的一天都有日程安排。工人的可见时间平均为 5.5 个月（SD4.5），其中可见一个月的工人是最大的单一群体。大多数在集体中工作的性工作者可能不是永久性全职员工，许多人的工作经历极其短暂，这表明该亚群体在该行业中可能经常失败。
