Citation

Katsulis Y, Durfee A, Lopez V, Robillard A. Violence Against Women 2015; 21(5): 571-597.

Affiliation

Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801214545283

PMID

25091980

Abstract

For sex workers, differences in rates of exposure to workplace violence are likely influenced by a variety of risk factors, including where one works and under what circumstances. Economic stressors, such as housing insecurity, may also increase the likelihood of exposure. Bivariate analyses demonstrate statistically significant associations between workplace violence and selected predictor variables, including age, drug use, exchanging sex for goods, soliciting clients outdoors, and experiencing housing insecurity. Multivariate regression analysis shows that after controlling for each of these variables in one model, only soliciting clients outdoors and housing insecurity emerge as statistically significant predictors for workplace violence.

Language: en