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
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
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
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spelling	okr-10986-33482021-04-23T14:02:09Z Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya Robinson, Jonathan Yeh, Ethan 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 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 women who supply transactional sex develop relationships with regular clients, and that these clients send transfers in response to negative income shocks. Regular clients are the primary source of inter-person insurance that women receive, and women report in a separate survey that client transfers are an important reason that they participate in the market. 2012-03-19T18:00:46Z 2012-03-19T18:00:46Z 2011-02-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5582 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa Kenya
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Robinson, Jonathan Yeh, Ethan Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya
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relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5582
description	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 women who supply transactional sex develop relationships with regular clients, and that these clients send transfers in response to negative income shocks. Regular clients are the primary source of inter-person insurance that women receive, and women report in a separate survey that client transfers are an important reason that they participate in the market.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Robinson, Jonathan Yeh, Ethan
author_facet	Robinson, Jonathan Yeh, Ethan
author_sort	Robinson, Jonathan
title	Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya
title_short	Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya
title_full	Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya
title_fullStr	Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed	Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya
title_sort	risk-coping through sexual networks : evidence from client transfers in kenya
publishDate	2012
url	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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Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks : Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya

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