Nearly half the sex workers in Barbados are Guyanese - study

Almost fifty per cent of sex workers in Barbados are Guyanese, according to a recently released study in that county.

The Barbados Nation reported that the study, ?Findings of a Baseline Study Among Male and Female Sex Workers in Barbados?, revealed that 46% of the sex workers in that country are from Guyana with just a mere 20% of them coming from Barbados, 13% from Trinidad and Tobago and five per cent from Jamaica.

According to the Nation, the study also addressed the reasons why sex workers enter prostitution and 30% of respondents said were in it to support children, 40% for financial gain, 16% to pay off debts and 13% because they enjoyed sex.