3.
Research method, time and location
The survey method was employed in this research. The role of interviewers
was performed by our outreach workers currently working in the Shuto Orizari
scene, the closed scene and the health program assistant in the open scene.
Before the interviewing process commenced, all interviewers underwent an
appropriate training to be able to conduct the interviews using a carefully
structured questionnaire focusing on the following topics:
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Demographic data
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Voluntary sex work
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Legalization of sex work
Each member of the team was trained to guarantee the privacy and the
anonymity of all research participants.
The research was carried out in the period between April and May 2016 in
Skopje, at the open scene where sex services are offered, the closed scene as
well as the Shuto Orizari scene.
In the strategic planning process, it was determined that a sufficient number
of interviewees to reflect the realistic attitude of sex workers about voluntary
sex work and legalization of sex work would be 73 sex workers, i.e. one third of
all sex workers who have been contacted from the three previously mentioned
scenes.
4.
Research team
Research participants:
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28
Borche Bozhinov, Research coordinator
Gligor Chanov, Advocacy Program Assistant –quantitative and qualitative
data analysis
Ljupcho Popov, Health Program Assistant- interviewer
Ljubinka Atanasoska , outreach worker- interviewer
Imar Ergjun, outreach worker- interviewer