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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of sample, stratified by recent police sex at any visit (n = 308)

From: Criminalization and coercion: sexual encounters with police among a longitudinal cohort of women who exchange sex in Baltimore, Maryland

 

Total

Police sex reported at any visit

p-value

No (n = 217)

Yes (n = 91)

Socio-demographic characteristics

Age in years, median (IQR)

37 (31, 43.5)

37 (31, 44)

35 (31, 41)

0.37

Race

  White, non-Hispanic

173 (56.2%)

128 (59.0%)

45 (49.5%)

0.26

  Black

114 (37.0%)

74 (34.1%)

40 (44.0%)

 

  Other

21 (6.8%)

15 (6.9%)

6 (6.6%)

 

Sexual minority

108 (35.2%)

71 (32.9%)

37 (40.7%)

0.19

Severe food insecurity^

70 (22.8%)

42 (19.4%)

28 (31.1%)

0.025*

Mostly lived on street or in shelter^

89 (28.9%)

52 (24.0%)

37 (40.7%)

0.003*

Arrested^

81 (26.6%)

56 (26.2%)

25 (27.5%)

0.81

Sex work characteristics

Entered sex work < 18 years of age

70 (22.7%)

46 (21.2%)

24 (26.4%)

0.32

Entered SW via force, coercion, or deception

29 (9.5%)

13 (6.0%)

16 (17.8%)

0.001*

Substance use^

Heroin

243 (78.9%)

175 (80.6%)

68 (74.7%)

0.25

Daily heroin use

202 (65.6%)

143 (65.9%)

59 (64.8%)

0.86

Crack

261 (84.7%)

180 (82.9%)

81 (89.0%)

0.18

Daily crack use

192 (62.3%)

140 (64.5%)

52 (57.1%)

0.22

Injection drug use

172 (55.8%)

123 (56.7%)

49 (53.8%)

0.65

Daily injection

141 (45.8%)

101 (46.5%)

40 (44.0%)

0.68

Daily illicit drug use

252 (81.8%)

178 (82.0%)

74 (81.3%)

0.88

Daily multidrug use

178 (57.8%)

125 (57.6%)

53 (58.2%)

0.92

Nonfatal overdose

76 (25.2%)

47 (22.3%)

29 (31.9%)

0.078

Violence

Intimate partner- or client-perpetrated sexual or physical violence^

126 (40.9%)

73 (33.6%)

53 (58.2%)

 < 0.001*

Study design

Intervention study arm

181 (58.8%)

123 (56.7%)

58 (63.7%)

0.25

  1. ^Past 6 months; *p < 0.05