Mental Health Survey of Female Sex Workers in Tanzania

Survey data from female sex workers in Tanzania assessing the prevalence of common mental health conditions and associations with socio-structural risk factors. The dataset includes measurements for depression, anxiety, PTSD, violence, alcohol use, and suicidal behavior using standardized instruments like PHQ-9 and GAD-7. It was authored by Edwin Ngula Luguku and last updated on April 15, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling associations between non-intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes based on survey variables.
• Analyzing mediating effects of alcohol use on the relationship between violence and anxiety/PTSD.
• Investigating condition-specific risk factors, such as client volume for anxiety or sex work mobility for PTSD.
• Assessing prevalence rates of depression, anxiety, and PTSD within a specific demographic group.

Strengths

• Prevalence rates for depression (49.2%), anxiety (40.4%), and PTSD (20.2%) are explicitly provided.
• Data collection used standardized clinical instruments like PHQ-9, GAD-7, and HTQ-17.
• Analysis includes logistic regression results with significance levels set at 0.05.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating a limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Edwin Ngula Luguku via figshare.

Collection Method

Survey data collected using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Harvard Trauma Questionnaire-17 (HTQ-17), and other instruments.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 17:43:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tanzania