Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta
The practice of safe sex by commercial sex workers is considered central to preventing the transmission of AIDS in developing countries. The authors estimate the compensating differential for condom use among sex workers in Calcutta, based on results from a survey conducted in 1993. If, as suggested...
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okr-10986-215782021-04-23T14:04:03Z Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta Rao, Vijayendra Gupta, Indrani Jana, Smarajit AIDS awareness AIDS epidemic AIDS interventions AIDS transmission AIDS virus anal sex average age brothels commercial sex commercial sex workers condom use condoms contraceptives Epidemiology families family planning female sterilization gay men health care heterosexual sex HIV HIV infections HIV transmission Hygiene immune system infections Innovation intervention married couples medical treatment method of contraception middle school migrants parents peer educator peer educators Population Studies primary school professions Prostitution Public Health red light area Risk Factors risks of infection safe sex Sex sex industry sex practices Sex Trade sex work sex worker sex worker communities Sex workers sexual activity Sexually Transmitted Diseases social workers STD STDs transmission unmarried women use of condoms Vaccines Vaginal sex Commercial sex workers Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Condoms Venereal diseases Income generation Instrumental variables (statistics) Loss of work capacity Safety measures Occupational safety The practice of safe sex by commercial sex workers is considered central to preventing the transmission of AIDS in developing countries. The authors estimate the compensating differential for condom use among sex workers in Calcutta, based on results from a survey conducted in 1993. If, as suggested by anecdotal evidence, this loss in income is large, it would indicate the existence of strong disincentives for practicing safe sex. To identify the relationship between condom use and the average price per sex act, they follow an instrumental variable approach, exploiting an intervention program focused on providing information about the AIDS virus and about safe sex practices. The program, instituted in 1992, was not systematically administered. Using this method, they found that sex workers who always use condoms face a loss of 79 percent in the average earnings per sex act. 2015-03-11T14:39:47Z 2015-03-11T14:39:47Z 2000-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21578 en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2334 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India |
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AIDS awareness AIDS epidemic AIDS interventions AIDS transmission AIDS virus anal sex average age brothels commercial sex commercial sex workers condom use condoms contraceptives Epidemiology families family planning female sterilization gay men health care heterosexual sex HIV HIV infections HIV transmission Hygiene immune system infections Innovation intervention married couples medical treatment method of contraception middle school migrants parents peer educator peer educators Population Studies primary school professions Prostitution Public Health red light area Risk Factors risks of infection safe sex Sex sex industry sex practices Sex Trade sex work sex worker sex worker communities Sex workers sexual activity Sexually Transmitted Diseases social workers STD STDs transmission unmarried women use of condoms Vaccines Vaginal sex Commercial sex workers Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Condoms Venereal diseases Income generation Instrumental variables (statistics) Loss of work capacity Safety measures Occupational safety Rao, Vijayendra Gupta, Indrani Jana, Smarajit Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta |
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The practice of safe sex by commercial sex workers is considered central to preventing the transmission of AIDS in developing countries. The authors estimate the compensating differential for condom use among sex workers in Calcutta, based on results from a survey conducted in 1993. If, as suggested by anecdotal evidence, this loss in income is large, it would indicate the existence of strong disincentives for practicing safe sex. To identify the relationship between condom use and the average price per sex act, they follow an instrumental variable approach, exploiting an intervention program focused on providing information about the AIDS virus and about safe sex practices. The program, instituted in 1992, was not systematically administered. Using this method, they found that sex workers who always use condoms face a loss of 79 percent in the average earnings per sex act. |
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Rao, Vijayendra Gupta, Indrani Jana, Smarajit |
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Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta |
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Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta |
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Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta |
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Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta |
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Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex : The Compensating Differential for Condom Use in Calcutta |
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sex workers and the cost of safe sex : the compensating differential for condom use in calcutta |
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