THE CONDOM QUANDARY
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Chapter 5: Key Findings and Discussion<br />
5.1 Interactions with the police and impact on condom behavior<br />
In this study, we used questionnaires to collect information regarding sex workers’<br />
interactions with the police, use of condoms, and the impact of police action on condom<br />
behavior. The quantitative data in this chapter describes sex workers’ contact with police,<br />
and how that influences their possession and use of condoms.<br />
5.1.1 Impact of contact with police<br />
Coming into contact with law enforcement officers is viewed by sex workers as an inevitable<br />
part of their lives. More than half (51.3%, 265 /517) of survey respondents reported that<br />
they had been interrogated 96 by the police since engaging in sex work, and 42.9% (222/<br />
517) responded that t interrogated in the past year. Among respondents who had been<br />
interrogated in the past year, 64.9% (144/222) had been interrogated once, and 35.1%<br />
(78/222) had been interrogated twice or more. For those who had been interrogated twice or<br />
more, most (78.2%, 61/78) were women.<br />
Table 3: Interrogated by the police since engaging in sex work or in the past year<br />
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