Commercialized Prostitution in New York City - Part 18
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Part 18

39 2 .. ..

40 4 1 1 ---- ---- ---- TOTAL 598 561 522

Highest Age 40 40 40 Lowest Age 11 6 11 Average 22.66 years 17.95 19.60

[Ill.u.s.tration: GRAPH ILl.u.s.tRATING TABLE x.x.xI]

TABLE x.x.xII

CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

WEEKLY EARNINGS--BEFORE ENTERING PROSt.i.tUTION

--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

Living

$ .50

$1.00

$1.50

$2.00

$2.50

$3.00

$3.50

--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Wages of {High

Trades {377 cases

2

1

2

6

5

excluding {

Domestic {Low

1

2

9

13

41

20

Service {377 cases

{High

2

4

14

14

20

14

Wage of {156 cases

Domestic {

Service {Low

4

2

7

11

22

15

17

{156 cases

--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+ $4.00

$4.50

$5.00

$5.50

$6.00

$7.00

$8.00

$9.00

$10.00

$11.00

$12.00

-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

14

15

57

9

60

48

42

22

28

4

27

36

26

73

29

48

15

22

8

12

10

17

25

33

2

6

2

1

1

19

26

22

7

2

1

-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ $13.00

$14.00

$15.00

$18.00

$20.00

$22.00

$25.00

$30.00

$50.00

$70.00

------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

2

4

14

7

1

5

1

1

1

1

4

4

1

1

1

1

------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

-------+------+-----------+-------+------ Highest

Lowest

Mode, wage

Average

Mode wage

wage

of greatest

wage

frequency

-------+------+-----------+-------+------

$70

$1.00

$6.00

$8.10

$6.00

30

.50

5.00

5.53

5.00

20

.50

5.00

3.99

5.00

14

Liv'g

4.50

3.63

4.50

-------+------+-----------+-------+------

COMBINED WITH PROSt.i.tUTION

--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

Living

$ .50

$1.00

$1.50

$2.00

$2.50

$3.00

$3.50

--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Wages of {High

2

Trades {63 cases

excluding {

Domestic {Low

2

2

Service {63 cases

{High

1

2

3

Wage of {15 cases

Domestic {

Service {Low

1

5

2

{15 cases

--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+ $4.00

$4.50

$5.00

$5.50

$6.00

$7.00

$8.00

$9.00

$10.00

$11.00

$12.00

-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

2

8

12

10

6

3

3

6

5

5

14

12

3

8

2

6

1

3

2

2

2

4

1

-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ $13.00

$14.00

$15.00

$18.00

$20.00

$22.00

$25.00

$30.00

$50.00

$70.00

wage

------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

6

2

1

1

1

3

1

1

------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

-------+------+-----------+-------+------ Highest

Lowest

Mode, wage

Average

Mode wage

wage

of greatest

wage

frequency

-------+------+-----------+-------+------ $70

$3.00

$6.00

$9.98

$6.00

25

3.00

5.00

6.83

5.00

15

2.00

5.10

10

.50

2.50

3.70

2.50

-------+------+-----------+-------+------

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_Earnings in Trades excluding Domestic Service_]

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_Wages in Domestic Service_]

TABLE x.x.xIII

CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

SOCIAL RELATIONS

No children 214 Miscarriages and abortions 36

{One 28 {Two 7 Legitimate {Three 5 children {Four 1 {Five 2 {Eight 1 44

Illegitimate {One 66 children {Two ..

{Three 2 68

Unknown 135 ---------- TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES WHERE STATISTICS ARE GIVEN 497

TABLE x.x.xIV

CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

RESIDENCE OF GIRL BEFORE ENTERING PROSt.i.tUTION

{Giving all they made 66 Living at home { {Giving part 62 128

{Giving all they made 0 Living with relatives { {Giving part 22 22

BOARDING AMOUNT PAID PER WEEK

$1.00 $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 2 4 4 6 31 12 12

$4.50 $6.00 $5.00 $7.00 $8.00 $10.00 9 17 1 3 .. 3 104 ---- Total number cases, where statistics are given 254

TABLE x.x.xV

CASES IN INSt.i.tUTIONS, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

CAUSE OF FIRST s.e.xUAL OFFENSE

Love 231 37.86%

{ { Living with husband 6 { { Separated from husband 10 Pay { Married { { { Widow 51 { { Put on street by husband 10 77 12.78% { { Single 48 125 20.49% ---------------

{ Relative 11 { Lover 5 Force { { Playmate 3 { Stranger 43 62 10.16% ---------------

Weakness 26 4.26%

Physical predisposition 41 6.72%

Unknown 125 20.49% --- TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES 610

TABLE x.x.xVI

INSt.i.tUTION CASES, OTHER THAN BEDFORD

PROSt.i.tUTION, PRACTICED CONTINUOUSLY OR OCCASIONALLY