Table 2 Frequency and distribution of police sex items

Sex with police, past 6 months

44 (18.1%)

36 (15.4%)

45 (18.4%)

 How many police (if any), mean (SD)

2.18 (1.76)

2.94 (4.30)

3.18 (5.99)

 How many considered regular clients

(n = 44)

(n = 35)

–

   None

16 (36.4%)

9 (25.7%)

–

   Some

12 (27.3%)

11 (31.4%)

–

   Most

4 (9.1%)

4 (11.4%)

–

   All

12 (27.3%)

11 (31.4%)

–

 How many paid

   None

4 (9.1%)

4 (11.1%)

4 (8.9%)

   Some

11 (25.0%)

6 (16.7%)

14 (31.1%)

   Most

2 (4.6%)

5 (13.9%)

2 (4.4%)

   All

27 (61.4%)

21 (58.3%)

25 (55.6%)

 Pay compared to others

(n = 40)

(n = 32)

–

   Less

1 (2.5%)

2 (6.3%)

–

   About same

26 (65.0%)

20 (62.5%)

–

   More

13 (32.5%)

10 (31.3%)

–

 How many paying clients solicited in uniform

(n = 32)

(n = 41)

   None

–

9 (28.1%)

6 (14.6%)

   Some

–

6 (18.8%)

16 (39.0%)

   Most

–

6 (18.8%)

4 (9.8%)

   All

–

11 (34.4%)

15 (36.6%)

 How often used condoms

   Always

32 (72.7%)

24 (68.6%)

31 (68.9%)

   Sometimes

7 (15.9%)

8 (22.9%)

9 (20.0%)

   Never

5 (11.4%)

3 (8.6%)

5 (11.1%)

 Police ever refused condom

14 (31.8%)

7 (19.4%)

–

 Had sex with police b/c feared arrest

18 (40.9%)

18 (50.0%)

–

 Police pressured for sex to avoid arrest/trouble

15 (34.1%)

12 (33.3%)

–

 Had sex with police who pressured

10 (66.7%)

9 (75.0%)

–

   Police arrested anyway

7 (70.0%)

4 (44.4%)

–