Chakraborty A K, Jana S, Das A, Khodakevich L, Chakraborty M S, Pal N K
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta.
J Commun Dis. 1994 Sep;26(3):161-7.
A community based sample survey of sexually transmitted diseases and Human Immuno deficiency Virus infection was carried out among commercial sex workers of a red-light area in Calcutta. In this paper socio-demographic aspects of sex workers are discussed. For the survey, 450 sex workers were selected by random sampling method. Among the sex workers surveyed, 84.89 per cent were in the age group 15-29 years. Lowest age was 13 years and mean age was 23.12 years. Large number of sex workers were from Nepal (15.11 per cent) and Bangladesh (11.78 per cent). About 38 per cent were from three districts of West Bengal bordering Bangladesh. About 84.44 per cent of the sex workers were illiterate. Extreme poverty forced 49.10 per cent to choose this profession and family disturbances led 21.56 per cent to this profession. Almost all sex workers (448) had addiction, alcohol being taken regularly by 81.11 per cent. Number of clients of sex workers varied from 2 to 10, average being 3. About 67.33 per cent gave history of pregnancy, 46 per cent had abortion and 41.11 per cent had living children. About 27.11 per cent took precaution against pregnancy regularly. Use of oral pills was found to be the most common practice against pregnancy (13.65 per cent), followed by ligation (11.56 per cent). Only 1.11 per cent reported that their clients used condom regularly.
在加尔各答一个红灯区的商业性工作者中开展了一项基于社区的性传播疾病和人类免疫缺陷病毒感染抽样调查。本文讨论了性工作者的社会人口学特征。为进行该调查，采用随机抽样方法选取了450名性工作者。在接受调查的性工作者中，84.89%年龄在15至29岁之间。最小年龄为13岁，平均年龄为23.12岁。大量性工作者来自尼泊尔（15.11%）和孟加拉国（11.78%）。约38%来自与孟加拉国接壤的西孟加拉邦的三个区。约84.44%的性工作者是文盲。极端贫困迫使49.10%的人选择了这个职业，家庭问题导致21.56%的人从事这个职业。几乎所有性工作者（448人）都有成瘾问题，81.11%的人经常饮酒。性工作者的客户数量从2人到10人不等，平均为3人。约67.33%的人有怀孕史，46%的人做过流产，41.11%的人有在世子女。约27.11%的人定期采取避孕措施。发现口服避孕药是最常用的避孕方法（13.65%），其次是结扎（11.56%）。只有1.11%的人报告说他们的客户经常使用避孕套。
