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1.5%: The overall percentage of adult prostitutes in Western nations who are controlled by abusive pimps.
3.54%: The fraction of Western prostitutes who are under 18.
3-5%: Fraction of STD cases in the United States which are either suffered or transmitted by prostitutes; 93% of these are associated with streetwalkers
8%: Fraction of underage New York prostitutes who say they were forced into prostitution.
10%: The estimated percentage of streetwalkers in Western countries who are controlled or dominated by pimps
16: According to the 2001 Estes & Weiner study, the average age at which underage prostitutes enter the trade
25: the average age at which American prostitutes enter the trade.
13-14: According to prohibitionist propaganda, the average age at which prostitutes enter the trade; this is derived from a purposeful distortion by Melissa Farley of the age at which underage streetwalkers in one study reported they had their first noncommercial sexual contact of any kind.
1.5%: The overall percentage of adult prostitutes in Western nations who are controlled by abusive pimps.
2.3%: Fraction of women in the general population who report their husbands or boyfriends are “extremely controlling”.
1.2%: Fraction of women in the general population who report their husbands or boyfriends are “extremely violent”.
<2%: The fraction of Cambodian prostitutes who say they were coerced into the trade
2x: Factor by which the rate of sexually transmitted infections in the promiscuous segment of the general public exceeds that in streetwalkers
0.4%: The estimated fraction of all STD cases in the United States which are either suffered or transmitted by escorts or brothel workers
160x: High-end estimate of the factor by which the rate of sexually transmitted infections in the promiscuous segment of the general public exceeds that in the escort population
15%: The fraction of all Western prostitutes who are streetwalkers.
11%: In a 1910 study, the fraction of New York prostitutes who reported that they were coerced into the trade
http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/handy-figures/
1.5%: The overall percentage of adult prostitutes in Western nations who are controlled by abusive pimps.
3.54%: The fraction of Western prostitutes who are under 18.
3-5%: Fraction of STD cases in the United States which are either suffered or transmitted by prostitutes; 93% of these are associated with streetwalkers
8%: Fraction of underage New York prostitutes who say they were forced into prostitution.
10%: The estimated percentage of streetwalkers in Western countries who are controlled or dominated by pimps
16: According to the 2001 Estes & Weiner study, the average age at which underage prostitutes enter the trade
25: the average age at which American prostitutes enter the trade.
13-14: According to prohibitionist propaganda, the average age at which prostitutes enter the trade; this is derived from a purposeful distortion by Melissa Farley of the age at which underage streetwalkers in one study reported they had their first noncommercial sexual contact of any kind.
1.5%: The overall percentage of adult prostitutes in Western nations who are controlled by abusive pimps.
2.3%: Fraction of women in the general population who report their husbands or boyfriends are “extremely controlling”.
1.2%: Fraction of women in the general population who report their husbands or boyfriends are “extremely violent”.
<2%: The fraction of Cambodian prostitutes who say they were coerced into the trade
2x: Factor by which the rate of sexually transmitted infections in the promiscuous segment of the general public exceeds that in streetwalkers
0.4%: The estimated fraction of all STD cases in the United States which are either suffered or transmitted by escorts or brothel workers
160x: High-end estimate of the factor by which the rate of sexually transmitted infections in the promiscuous segment of the general public exceeds that in the escort population
15%: The fraction of all Western prostitutes who are streetwalkers.
11%: In a 1910 study, the fraction of New York prostitutes who reported that they were coerced into the trade
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