Variable | Females Kenya, Mombasa (n = 16) | Females Uganda, Kampala (n = 25) | Females South Africa | Females Zimbabwe, Bulawayo (n = 21) | Male and transgender across sites (n = 30) | |
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Hillbrow, Gauteng Province (n = 15) | Limpopo Province (n = 29) | |||||
Age mean years (sd) | 29 .0 (3.3) | 28.6 (7.1) | 30.7 (5.6) | 26.7 (4.8) | 35.9 (7.5) | 25.9 (4.6) |
Migration history % (n) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Born outside the city | 69 (11) | 100 (25) | 100 (15) | 96 (27) | 50 (10) | 59 (17) |
  Born outside the country | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 60 (9) | 61 (17) | 0 (0) | 24 (7) |
Education completed % (n) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Primary school | 19 (3) | 63 (15) | 7 (1) | 17 (5) | 48 (10) | 20 (6) |
  Secondary school | 63 (10) | 38 (9) | 93 (14) | 83 (24) | 43 (9) | 67 (20) |
  Tertiary | 19 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (2) | 13 (4) |
Mean children (sd) | 2.1 (1.1) | 2.5 (1.3) | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.3 (0.9) | 2.4 (1.4) | 0.3 (0.6) |
Other income sources % (n) | 6 (1) | 20 (5) | 33 (5) | 69 (20) | 52 (11) | 23 (7) |
Age began sex work | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mean years (sd) | 17.6 (3.6) | 21.2 (4.4) | 25.8 (6.8) | 23.1 (4.6) | 26.6 (5.0) | 19.0 (3.3) |
Years doing sex work % (n) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  0–2 | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 27 (4) | 41 (12) | 0 (0) | 33 (10) |
  3–9 | 38 (6) | 68 (17) | 67 (10) | 52 (15) | 57 (12) | 27 (8) |
  ≥10 | 63 (10) | 28 (7) | 7 (1) | 7 (2) | 43 (9) | 40 (12) |
Current workplace(s)*% (n) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Hotel | 44 (7) | 36 (9) | 20 (3) | 14 (4) | 24 (5) | 43 (13) |
  Bar or club | 56 (9) | 72 (18) | 60 (9) | 24 (7) | 57 (12) | 67 (20) |
  Brothel | 50 (8) | 48 (12) | 47 (7) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 17 (5) |
  Street | 44 (7) | 96 (24) | 20 (3) | 83 (24) | 62 (13) | 67 (20) |
  Home | 50 (8) | 20 (5) | 0 (0) | 21 (6) | 38 (8) | 47 (14) |