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Prostitutes and their clients: A Gambian survey

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  • Pickering, H.
  • Todd, J.
  • Dunn, D.
  • Pepin, J.
  • Wilkins, A.

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The social backgrounds and working behaviour of 248 prostitutes in urban and rural areas of The Gambia were investigated. Prostitutes were found to be highly mobile, moving frequently between a number of working locations in The Gambia and neighbouring Senegal, from which most of them originated. The educational level of prostitutes and the standard of living of their natal families were above average. Prostitutes worked on average four days a week and had between two and three clients a night. Condoms were used in up to 80% of contacts. 795 clients of prostitutes were interviewed and found to be on average of low educational and occupational status. Half were non-Gambian and most were currently travelling or living away from home.

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  • Pickering, H. & Todd, J. & Dunn, D. & Pepin, J. & Wilkins, A., 1992. "Prostitutes and their clients: A Gambian survey," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 75-88, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:34:y:1992:i:1:p:75-88
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    1. Wilson Nicholas, 2019. "The World’s Oldest Profession? Employment-Age Profiles from the Transactional Sex Market," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 9(1), pages 1-17, June.
    2. Hough, Carolyn A., 2010. "Loss in childbearing among Gambia's kanyalengs: Using a stratified reproduction framework to expand the scope of sexual and reproductive health," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(10), pages 1757-1763, November.
    3. Domingo Ojer Tsakiridu & Amalia Franco Vidal & Fernando Vázquez Valdés & Maria Luisa Junquera Llaneza & Jose Antonio Varela Uría & Mar Cuesta Rodríguez & Carmen López Sanchez & Margarita Busto Folgosa, 2008. "Factors Associated with Induced Abortion in Women Prostitutes in Asturias (Spain)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(6), pages 1-7, June.

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