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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the sample

From: Posttraumatic stress disorder among female street-based sex workers in the greater Sydney area, Australia

Characteristic

% (N = 72)**

Mean age in years

34

Mean years of school education

9

Completed secondary education

18 (13)

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (A&TSI)

23 (16)

Prison history

56 (40)

Currently homeless

14 (10)

Homeless in past 12 months

45 (32)

Currently in drug treatment

61 (44)

Source of income in past month (apart from sex work)*

 

   wage or salary

6 (4)

   government pension

89 (64)

   criminal activity

17 (12)

   child support

6 (4)

Sex work as main source of income in past month

93 (67)

Left home before 16 years of age

61 (44)

  1. *Percentages do not add to 100 as more than one response was possible.
  2. **The figure in brackets represents the N that the percentage refers to.