Table 1 Characteristics of the sample (N = 14)

Gender

Cisgender female: n = 8; Transgender female: n = 6

Age

Average: 34.7 years old; Median: 35.5 years old

Country of origin

Romania: n = 5; Bulgaria: n = 2; Switzerland: n = 2; Colombia: n = 2;

Brazil: n = 1; Ecuador: n = 1; Dominican Republic: n = 1

Education level

Primary: n = 5; Secondary: n = 4; Apprenticeship: n = 1; University: n = 4

Experience in sex work

Average: 5.1 years; Median 4 years

Min: 1 year; Max: 15 years

Place of work

Outdoors n = 5; Indoors n = 4; Combined n = 5

Legal status regarding sex work law

Legal n = 7; Illegal n = 7

Victimisation

Threats n = 8

Verbal aggression n = 7

Sexual assaults n = 6