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摘要
The clandestine nature of floating commercial sex workers (CSWs) in Bangladesh has made healthcare difficult, especially since a large number of CSWs work outside brothels - non-brothel commercial sex is considered illegal in Bangladesh. The aim of this study is to investigate the stark reality of commercial sex work of floating sex workers, their socioeconomic levels and the hazardous health condition they face. Information on socioeconomic, demographic and health-related data was collected from 176 floating CSWs of Rajshahi city in Bangladesh. The study revealed that most CSWs resorted to commercial sex for their daily survival and that they suffered from various physical problems-vaginal pain (64.8%), blood discharge (4.5%), vaginal pus discharge (61.4%) itching and stitch problem (43.7%). To identify a set of influential factors that cause such problems, we fit logistic regression and linear probability models by forward selection method. The number of years in commercial sex, number of children born before resorting to commercial sex work, body fat and pulse pressure were found to be significant factors responsible for most health problems.
- 出版日期2009-1
