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

Table 3

Association between history of sex work and health problems in the sexual and gender minority population from Peru (n = 10629).

	Prevalence	Unadjusted			Adjusted
	N (%)	PR	CI 95%		PR	CI 95%
Chronic diseases (n = 1384)
Sex work
No	1263 (12.8)	Ref.			Ref.
Yes	121 (16.2)	1.27	1.07–1.50	0.007	1.25	1.04–1.50	0.016
Reason for sex work
Own decision	93 (14.9)	Ref.			Ref.
Forced decision	28 (23.0)	1.54	1.06–2.24	0.024	1.40	0.96–2.06	0.084
Infectious diseases (n = 1108)
Sex work
No	890 (9.0)	Ref.			Ref.
Yes	218 (29.2)	3.24	2.85–3.68	<0.001	2.11	1.86–2.41	<0.001
Reason for sex work
Own decision	186 (29.8)	Ref.			Ref.
Forced decision	32 (26.2)	0.88	0.64–1.22	0.441	1.07	0.78–1.47	0.665
Mental health problems (n = 2522)
Sex work
No	2317 (23.4)	Ref.			Ref.
Yes	205 (27.4)	1.17	1.04–1.32	0.011	1.27	1.12–1.45	<0.001
Reason for sex work
Own decision	152 (24.3)	Ref.			Ref.
Forced decision	53 (43.4)	1.79	1.40–2.28	<0.001	1.77	1.38–2.27	<0.001

PR = prevalence ratio; CI 95% = 95% confidence interval. PR was adjusted for age, biological sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, education level, and romantic partner.