Social dimension of risk behaviours among adolescent prostitutes: Insight from South-Western Nigeria

Figures & data

Table 1. Percentage distribution of respondents by the type of drug used and for what purpose.

Type of drug used and purpose for which it is used	Frequency	Percentage
Alcohol	31	10.7
Cigarette	37	12.8
Marijuana	16	5.5
Alcohol/cigarette	124	42.8
Alcohol/cigarette/Indian hemp	46	15.9
No response	36	12.4
Total	290	00.0

Table 2. Relationship between educational attainment and use of drugs.

	Use of drug
Educationalattainment	Yes	No	Total
None	2 66.7%	1 33.3%	3 100.0%
Primary	16 (88.9%)	2(11.1%)	18(100.0%)
Secondary	214(86.3%)	34(33.5%)	248(100%)
Tertiary	5(4.3%)	0(0.0%)	5(100%)
Total	237(86.5%)	37(13.5%)	274(100%)

X² = 1.888^a, df = 3, Asymp. Sig (2-sided) = 0.596, contingency coefficient = .083

Table 3. Relationship between educational attainment and consistent use of male condom.

	Use male condom
EducationalAttainment	Yes	No	Total
None	3(100.0%)	0(0.0%	3(100.0%)
Primary	19(100.0%	0(0.0%)	19(100.0%
Secondary	261(99.6%	1(0.4%	262(100.0%)
Tertiary	5(100.0%	0(0.0%	5(100.0%)
Total	288(99.7%)	1(0.3%)	289(100.0%)

X² = .103^a, df = 3, Assymp. Sig (2-sided) = 0.991, contingency coefficient = .019

Source: 2013 Ethnographic Fieldwork

Table 4. Percentage distribution of respondents by reason for which they must engage in oral/anal sexual practice.

Reasonsfor oral/anal sexual practice with clients	Frequency	Percentage
Financial reward	157	54.1
when on drug	4	1.4
Financial reward/when on drug	127	43.8
No response	2	0.7
Total	290	100.0

Table 5. Relationship between use of drugs and nature of sex.

	Use of drug
Forms of sexual intercourse	Yes	No	Total
Vaginal intercourse	119(78.8%)	32(21.2%)	151(100.0%
Oral intercourse	1(100.0%)	0(00.0%)	1(100.0%)
Vaginal/Oral	107(96.0%)	4(3.6%)	111(100.0%)
Vaginal/Anal	1(50.0%)	1(50.0%	2(100.0%
Vaginal/Oral/Anal	9(100.0%)	0(00.0%	9(100.0%
Total	237(86.5%)	37(13.5%)	274(100.0%)

X² = 20.798^a, df = 4, Assymp. Sig (2-sided) = 0.000, contingency coefficient = .266