Gynecological health care services utilization and violence among female sex workers in Togo in 2021

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and sexual history among female sex workers (FSW) in Togo in 2021 (N = 447)

Characteristics	Lomé (n = 300)		Kara (n = 147)		Total (n = 447)
	n (%)		n (%)		N (%)
Age (years), Median (IQR)	30 [24–38.5]		29 [23–36]		30 [24–38]
Age (years)
< 30	147	49.0	74	50.3	221	49.4
≥ 30	153	51.0	73	49.7	226	50.6
Level of education
None	76	25.3	12	8.2	88	19.7
Primary	100	33.3	41	27.9	141	31.5
Secondary	108	36.0	86	58.5	194	43.4
University	16	5.3	8	5.4	24	5.4
Marital status
Married or living with a husband/a partner	30	10.0	16	10.9	46	10.3
Divorced/Separated/Widowed	79	26.3	37	25.2	116	25.9
Single	191	63.7	94	63.9	285	63.8
Currently with a partner
Yes	158	52.7	105	71.4	263	58.8
No	142	47.3	42	28.6	184	41.2
Other income generating activities
Yes	178	59.3	84	57.1	262	58.6
No	122	40.7	63	42.9	185	41.4
Age at first sex, Median (IQR)	18 [16–20]		18 [16–20]		18 [16–20]
Age at first sex (years)
< 18	135	45.0	66	44.9	201	45.0
≥ 18	165	55.0	81	55.1	246	55.0
Number of years in sex work, Median (IQR)	5 [3–11]		5 [3–11]		5 [3–11]
Number of years in sex work
< 1	45	15.0	17	11.6	62	13.9
Between 1 and 3	108	36.0	48	32.6	156	34.9
> 3	147	49.0	82	55.8	229	51.2
Number of clients in the previous 7 days, Median [IQR]	6 [4–10]		4 [2–6]		5 [3–10]
Number of clients in the previous 7 days
≤ 7	176	58.7	124	84.4	300	67.1
Between 8 and 14	81	27.0	14	9.5	95	21.3
≥ 15	43	14.3	9	6.1	52	11.6
Income earned in the last 7 days (XOF)
Less than 10 000	63	21.0	65	44.2	128	28.6
10000–25 000	134	44.7	51	34.7	185	41.4
25000–100 000	96	32.0	17	11.6	113	25.3
More than 100 000	3	1.0	1	0.7	4	0.9
Does not know	4	1.3	13	8.8	17	3.8
Condom accident (breakage or slippage)
Yes	71	23.7	17	11.6	88	19.7
No	229	76.3	130	88.4	359	80.3

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