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Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya

Why do women engage in transactional sex? While much of the explanation is that sex-for-money pays more than other jobs, this paper uses a unique panel dataset constructed from 192 self-reported diaries of sex workers in Western Kenya to show that...

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Main Authors: Robinson, Jonathan, Yeh, Ethan
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGE DISTRIBUTION
AGED
ANAL SEX
BOYFRIENDS
BROTHELS
COMMERCIAL SEX
COMMERCIAL SEX WORK
COMPENSATION
CONDOM
CONDOM USE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMERGENCIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEMALE
FEMALE SEX WORKERS
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH INSURANCE
HIGH-RISK
HIV
HIV POSITIVE
HIV/AIDS
HOME
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
ILLITERATE WOMAN
ILLITERATE WOMEN
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
INCOME SECURITY
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES
LABOR MARKET
LABOR SUPPLY
LITERACY
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MARITAL STATUS
MEDICINE
MIGRATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MULTIPLE PARTNERS
NUMBER OF WOMEN
ORAL SEX
PEER EDUCATOR
PEER EDUCATORS
PEER GROUP
PEER GROUPS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION CENSUS
PROGRESS
PROSTITUTES
PROSTITUTION
PSYCHIATRY
PUBLIC HEALTH
REGULAR UNPROTECTED SEX
RURAL POPULATION
SAFE SEX
SAFETY NETS
SEX
SEX PARTNERS
SEX WORK
SEX WORKER
SEX WORKERS
SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
SEXUAL ACTIVITY
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SEXUAL ENCOUNTER
SEXUAL PARTNERS
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SPOUSES
SPREAD OF AIDS
UNPROTECTED SEX
UNPROTECTED SEX ACTS
VAGINAL SEX
VULNERABILITY
WILL
WOMAN
YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110228155650
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3348

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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110228155650
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3348

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