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From this mornings Inside Costa Rica.

The Estimated 8.500 Sex Social Workers Absent From May Day Activities

One group of workers that was evidently missing in the May Day marches and protests were the women who dedicate themselves to the "World's Oldest Profession", which according to a study by the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), is made up a group of 8.500 women.

The UNED study revealed the work and services these women provide is a part of the Costa Rican economy, though may prefer to hide it.

The investigation, "El mercado del trabajo sexual femenino en la ciudad de San Jose: economia de un model de emprendedoras " (The market for female sex work in the city of San Jose: a model of economy entrepreneurs), found that the women qualify their work as a productive acitivity and a lawful way to support their families.

The study revealed that the majority of the women are "emprendedoras" (enterpreneurs) and a low culture for savings thier earnings, which ranges between ¢200.000 ($360.00)and ¢600.000 ($1050.00) monthly, which is well above the minimum salary levels for non skilled workers.

The study found that, in the majority of the cases, the money earned is spent on basic necessities to maintain their families - many are single mothers - and few spend it on education, recreation and their personal care.

In some cases, sex social work is shared by generations of women, not uncommon for mother and daughter to work in the profession, in some cases passed down from the grandmother.

However, in about all the cases, the women say if they had to do it over again, they would not.

Although the legal age for consent in Costa Rica is 18, many women enter the sex social work at a much younger age, as young as 15 in some cases

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