Sex Work and Health Problems in the Sexual and Gender Minority Population: Analysis of a Population Survey in Peru

Table 1

General characteristics according to the history of sex work in the sexual and gender minority population from Peru (n = 10629).

Characteristics	N (%)	Sex work
		No, n = 9882 (93.0%)	Yes, n = 747 (7.0%)
Age (median (IQR))	25 [21–30]	25 [21–30]	26 [22–33]	<0.001
Biological sex				<0.001
Male	5616 (52.8)	4983 (88.7)	633 (11.3)
Female	5013 (47.2)	4899 (97.7)	114 (2.3)
Sexual orientation				<0.001
Heterosexual	440 (4.1)	376 (85.5)	64 (14.5)
Gay	4449 (41.9)	4013 (90.2)	436 (9.8)
Lesbian	2293 (21.6)	2251 (98.2)	42 (1.8)
Bisexual	2640 (24.8)	2518 (95.4)	122 (4.6)
Pansexual	536 (5.1)	500 (93.3)	36 (6.7)
Asexual/other	271 (2.5)	224 (82.7)	47 (17.3)
Gender identity				<0.001
Cisgender	9271 (87.2)	8733 (94.2)	538 (5.8)
Transgender	574 (5.4)	434 (75.6)	140 (24.4)
Nonbinary/other	784 (7.4)	715 (91.2)	69 (8.8)
Education level				<0.001
No education/elementary	155 (1.5)	105 (67.7)	50 (32.3)
Secondary	5220 (49.1)	4861 (93.1)	359 (6.9)
Higher education	5254 (49.4)	4916 (93.6)	338 (6.4)
Romantic partner				<0.001
No partner	5153 (48.5)	4770 (92.6)	383 (7.4)
With a partner	5334 (50.2)	5029 (94.3)	305 (5.7)
Multiple partners	142 (1.3)	83 (58.5)	59 (41.5)
Ethnic self-identification				<0.001
Mestizo	7396 (69.6)	6903 (93.3)	493 (6.7)
White	1862 (17.5)	1757 (94.4)	105 (5.6)
Other	1371 (12.9)	1222 (89.1)	149 (10.9)
Health insurance				0.110
No	3121 (29.4)	2882 (92.3)	239 (7.7)
Yes	7568 (70.6)	7000 (93.2)	508 (6.8)

IQR = interquartile range. values were calculated by Pearson’s chi-squared test for categorical variables and by Mann–Whitney U test for age.