Tanzania Female Sex Workers: Mental Health and Risk Factor Associations

Tanzanian female sex workers were surveyed to assess the prevalence of common mental health conditions and their 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 created by Edwin Ngula Luguku and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the association between non-intimate partner violence and depression/anxiety based on survey results.
• Analyzing the mediating role of alcohol use on the relationship between violence and PTSD/anxiety as described.
• Investigating condition-specific risk factors, such as client volume for anxiety or sex work mobility for PTSD.
• Assessing prevalence rates of depression (49.2%), anxiety (40.4%), and PTSD (20.2%) within the study population.

Strengths

• Prevalence rates for depression (49.2%), anxiety (40.4%), and PTSD (20.2%) are explicitly provided.
• Data collection used standardized clinical instruments including PHQ-9, GAD-7, and AUDIT.
• Analysis includes mediation and moderation tests for specific risk factor relationships.

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 small (13.5 KB), indicating a limited scope or sample size.

Provenance

Source

Edwin Ngula Luguku via figshare.

Collection Method

Survey data collected using standardized questionnaires (PHQ-9, GAD-7, HTQ-17, etc.) and analyzed with descriptive statistics and logistic regression.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 17:43:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tanzania