Estimating the Number of Sex Workers in South Africa: Rapid Population Size Estimation
Estimating the Number of Sex Workers in South Africa: Rapid Population Size Estimation
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DOI：
10.1007/s10461-014-0981-y
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发表时间：
2015-02-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Nogoduka, Coceka
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作者：
Konstant, Tracey L.;Rangasami, Jerushah;Nogoduka, Coceka
虽然南非的性工作者被认为是弱势群体，但没有全国性的性工作者人口规模估计。根据参与性绘图和群众智慧的原则，在全国12个地点开展了快速的性工作者清点工作。选择了具有一系列特征的地点，重点关注城市化水平、卡车运输、采矿和边境。在每个站点，性工作者焦点小组绘制了当地热点。在已确定的热点地区对性工作者进行访谈，以估计每个地区性工作者的人数和性别。文献中提供的估计数与列举工作的结果相结合，以确定可用于国家外推的假设。据估计，南非性工作者的数量在13.1万到18.2万之间，占成年女性人口的0.76到1%。这项工作的成功取决于性工作者、同伴教育者的全面参与和强烈的道德考虑。
Although recognized as a vulnerable population, there is no national population size estimate for sex workers in South Africa. A rapid sex worker enumeration exercise was undertaken in twelve locations across the country based on principles of participatory mapping and Wisdom of the Crowd. Sites with a range of characteristics were selected, focusing on level of urbanisation, trucking, mining and borders. At each site, sex worker focus groups mapped local hotspots. Interviews with sex workers at identified hotspots were used to estimate the numbers and genders of sex workers working in each. Estimates provided in the literature were combined with enumeration exercise results to define assumptions that could be applied to a national extrapolation. A working estimate was reached of between 131,000 and 182,000 sex worker in South Africa, or between 0.76 and 1 % of the adult female population. The success of the exercise depended on integral involvement of sex worker peer educators and strong ethical considerations.