“Double Butterfly” Condom - Futures Group

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II.
Price
1. Acceptable Price of 12-condom Package
The acceptable price for condoms varied among the sex workers (Table 4).
Generally speaking, the average maximum acceptable price was RMB 20.9 and the
minimum was RMB 7.5. The Yunnan sex workers’ average maximum acceptable
price was RMB 21.5, a bit higher than that of RMB 20.3 in Sichuan.
The acceptable price varied among sex workers in different types of sex work
establishments according to the classes that they belong to (Table 5). Those at
sauna/bath houses led in both the average maximum and minimum acceptable prices,
respectively at RMB 26.7 and RMB 9. And the street sex workers had the lowest
acceptable average maximum and minimum prices, respectively at RMB 15.2 and
RMB 5.8.
The acceptable price varied among sex workers in different age groups (Table 6). Those
at ages 19-24 led in both the average maximum and minimum acceptable prices,
respectively at RMB 22.6 and RMB 7.9. And the sex workers above 30 had the lowest
demand on average maximum and minimum acceptable prices, respectively at RMB 13
and RMB 5.6.
Table 4: The highest/lowest price sex workers are willing to pay for a package
of 12 condoms, by province
Yunnan
Sichuan
mean 21.5 20.3
Median 16.0 15.0
The highest price
Std. Deviation 20.0 15.7
minimum 2 5
maximum 200 100
mean 7.8 7.1
Median 6.7 6.0
The lowest price
Std. Deviation 5.8 3.8
minimum 0 0
maximum 50 50
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