I'd like to start by saying it's actually delightful to be here because these types of dialogues need to happen. They need to happen more frequently and they need to happen more publicly, because it is with this exchange of knowledge and experiences that we will actually arrive at a better understanding of things.
In terms of the percentages of sex workers working in the industry, I can't comment directly on that. My colleagues from my sister project can comment more directly on the percentage who are underage.
In our most recent project, we focused exclusively on adult consensual sexual service exchanges, so none of the individuals we talked to would have been under 18, and very few of those individuals started in the industry prior to 18.
Speaking to the issue of the demand for those people under 18, that's one thing I can speak to. I asked people in my surveys time and time and time again what age ranges they prefer. Fewer than one percent of clients I have spoken to indicate a preference for somebody under the age of 18. In fact, there is a correlate—