Again with the fourteen year olds.

A rather typical story about the “rise” of prostitution (this time, in Hawaii) quotes without comment the following two statistics:

Here are a few more statistics on prostitution from the FBI:

• The FBI states the average age of entry into prostitution is 14-years-old.
• The average life expectancy of a prostitute is 5 to 7 years.

This thing about fourteen being the “average” age of entry into prostitution has been showing up even more lately. Can anyone find an original citation for the stat?

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