Substance abuse, treatment needs and access among female sex workers and non-sex workers in Pretoria, South Africa

Table 3 Lifetime substance use, by sex worker status

Prevalence of Lifetime Substance Use, Column %	Overall N = 506	Female sex workers^a N = 335	Non-Sex workers N = 171	χ² test^b p-values
Alcohol^c	100	100	100	.....
Tobacco	67.4	73.4	55.6	<0.001
Any drug^d	58.1	71.9	31.0	<0.001
Marijuana/Dagga/Ganja	55.1	67.5	31.0	<0.001
Ecstasy	3.4	4.2	1.8	0.152^e
Crack	12.8	18.8	1.2	<0.001
Cocaine	2.6	3.6	0.6	0.044
Heroin/Thai White	6.9	9.3	2.3	0.004
Dagga and Heroin/Thai White	8.1	10.4	3.5	0.007
Cocaine and Heroin/Thai White	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.554^e
Mandrax	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.669^e
Dagga and Mandrax	1.2	1.8	0.0	0.101^e
LSD	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.552^e
Rohypnol/Shabba	3.0	4.2	0.6	0.024
Inhalants	3.0	4.5	0.0	0.005
Injection drug use	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.554^e

^a Female sex workers are defined as females who had traded sex for drugs, money, food, or other goods in the past 90 days.
^b Pearson chi-square test
NS: p > 0.05
^c Alcohol use was defined as any use of a whole alcohol drink in the lifetime.
^d Any drug use included the use of marijuana (Dagga or Ganja), Ecstasy, crack, cocaine, heroin (Thai White), Mandrax, LSD, Rohypnol (Shabba), or inhalants.
^e Fisher's exact test was used due to expected cell counts < 5.

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