Sexual lifestyle and socio-demographic profile of female floating sex workers in some selected areas of Dhaka city

Farzana Mahejabin, Lutfun Nahar, Shamima Parveen

PULSE · 2015-yil

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A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of six months in some locations of Dhaka city. Data was collected from 90 floating sex workers to find out their socio-demographic characteristics, sexual lifestyle particularly safe sex by using condom among them. Of the 90 respondents, mean age of the respondents was 22.21 (+4.87) with a range of < 18 to >26 years. 42 (46.7%) of the respondents were married. 73 (81.1%) of the respondents were the main earning member of the family. The mean family income was Taka 7700 (+3872.838). Majority 33(36.7%) of the respondents were illiterate. The main reason for accepting sex selling profession it was found that more than half i.e. 62 (68.9%) of the respondents were bluffed and 24 (26.7%) respondents accepted this profession of their own will. The duration of sex work of 29 (32.2%) of the respondents was less than 1 year (6-8 months) and 24 (26.6%) of the respondents were 4-5 years. 59 of the respondent always used condoms (65.6%). A significant number of respondents, 31 (34.4%) did not use condom. The reason for not using condom was client’s dissatisfaction (25, 80.6%) and 4 (12.9%) respondents used other methods of contraception. Among the respondents, 78 (86.7%) used condom during last sexual intercourse. In the study, 45 (76.3%) respondents knew condom as a preventive measure and advocated its use in each sexual intercourse. (?² = 4.356; d f=1 P= 0.037). 60 (76.3%) of the respondents knew condom use as a preventive measure and used it in last sexual intercourse and highly significant association was found (?² = 17.61; df=1 P<0.001) between knowledge and practice. Promoting constant condom usage with clients among the female floating sex workers should be sustained and reinforced.Pulse Vol.7 January-December 2014 p.29-37

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MualliflarFarzana Mahejabin, Lutfun Nahar, Shamima Parveen
JurnalPULSE
NashriyotPROFI университетининг
ISSN2074-1855, 2235-8668
Nashr sanasi2015-05-07
Jild7
Son1
Betlar29-37
TilIngliz
Ilmiy sohaPsixologiya
DOI10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23247
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-09-02

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APAFarzana Mahejabin, Lutfun Nahar, & Shamima Parveen (2015). Sexual lifestyle and socio-demographic profile of female floating sex workers in some selected areas of Dhaka city. PULSE, 7(1), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23247
GOST (OAK)Farzana Mahejabin, Lutfun Nahar, Shamima Parveen Sexual lifestyle and socio-demographic profile of female floating sex workers in some selected areas of Dhaka city // PULSE. – 2015. – T. 7, № 1. – P. 29-37. – DOI: 10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23247.
MLAFarzana Mahejabin, Lutfun Nahar, and Shamima Parveen. “Sexual lifestyle and socio-demographic profile of female floating sex workers in some selected areas of Dhaka city.” PULSE, 7(1), 29-37, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23247
ChicagoFarzana Mahejabin, Lutfun Nahar, and Shamima Parveen. “Sexual lifestyle and socio-demographic profile of female floating sex workers in some selected areas of Dhaka city.” PULSE, 7(1), 29-37 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23247
HarvardFarzana Mahejabin, Lutfun Nahar, and Shamima Parveen (2015) ‘Sexual lifestyle and socio-demographic profile of female floating sex workers in some selected areas of Dhaka city’, PULSE, 7(1), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23247
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@article{farzanamahejabin2015,
  title = {Sexual lifestyle and socio-demographic profile of female floating sex workers in some selected areas of Dhaka city},
  author = {Farzana Mahejabin and Lutfun Nahar and Shamima Parveen},
  journal = {PULSE},
  year = {2015},
  volume = {7},
  number = {1},
  pages = {29-37},
  doi = {10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23247},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23247}
}

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