title: [Progress in research of reasons for women engaging in commercial sex].
abstract: With the development of economy, increase of cultural exchanges and changes of people's ideology in China, the number of female sex workers (FSWs) increased rapidly under the influence of various social factors. The diverse motivations for women engaging in commercial sex have been observed. Foreign researchers have conducted some surveys of factors associated with female commercial sex, while few such studies were conducted among FSWs in China. This paper summarizes the progress in the research of reasons for women engaging in commercial sex both at home and abroad to provide evidence for future study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Yihui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Zhiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Shandong Association for STD and AIDS Prevention and Control, Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan 250014, China.
authors.forename: Jihua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011477:Sex Work / Q000523:psychology*; D060386:Sex Workers / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires