Table 2 Overview of sex workers’ pregnancies during sex work practice
From: Overview and factors associated with pregnancies and abortions occurring in sex workers in Benin
2013 (n = 418) | 2016 (n = 448) | p-value* | Combined population (n = 866) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (%) | Mean (sd) | Frequency (%) | |||||
At least one pregnancy | |||||||
Yes | 76 (18.2) | 66 (14.7) | 142 (16.4) | ||||
No | 342 (81.8) | 382 (85.3) | 0.1707 | 724 (83.6) | |||
More than one pregnancy | |||||||
Yes | 35 (46.1) | 25 (37.9) | 60 (42.3) | ||||
No | 41 (53.9) | 41 (62.1) | 82 (57.8) | ||||
At least one abortion | |||||||
Yes | 55 (73.3) | 41 (63.1) | 96 (68.6) | ||||
No | 20 (26.7) | 24 (36.9) | 0.1931 | 44 (31.4) | |||
More than one abortion | |||||||
Yes | 32 (58.2) | 22 (53.7) | 54 (56.3) | ||||
No | 23 (41.8) | 19 (46.3) | 42 (43.8) | ||||
Number of pregnancies | |||||||
1 | 41 (54.0) | 41 (62.1) | 82 (57.8) | ||||
2 | 19 (25.0) | 12 (18.2) | 31 (21.8) | ||||
3 | 9 (11.8) | 6 (9.1) | 15 (10.6) | ||||
4 | 6 (7.9) | 4 (6.1) | 10 (7.2) | ||||
5 | – | 1 (1.5) | 1 (0.7) | ||||
6 | – | 2 (3.0) | 2 (1.4) | ||||
7 | 1 (1.3) | 1 (0.7) | |||||
Number of pregnancies | |||||||
Pregnancy outcomes | Boyfriend | Clients | |||||
Live birth | 60 (23.7) | 54 (24.8) | 6 (18.2) | ||||
Stillbirth | 7 (2.8) | 5 (2.3) | 2 (6.1) | ||||
Miscarriage | 19 (7.5) | 16 (7.3) | 3 (9.1) | ||||
Abortion | 1.63 (1.1) | 165 (65.2) | 143 (65.6) | 22 (66.7) | |||
Total number of pregnanciesa | 1.78 (1.2) | 253 (100.0)a | 220 (87.0)a | 33 (13.0) | |||