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Distribution of client characteristics as reported by the FSWs. |
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| Variable |
Variable categories |
Number (%) (N = 17529) |
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| Type of client* |
New |
12047 (68.7%) |
| Regular |
5459 (31.1%) |
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| Do not remember |
23 (0.2%) |
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| Age of client |
Young |
8639 (49.3%) |
| Middle-aged |
8468 (48.3%) |
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| Old |
272 (1.6%) |
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| Cannot say |
150 (0.8%) |
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| Marital status of client |
Single |
4785 (27.3%) |
| Married |
9358 (53.4%) |
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| Do not know |
3386 (19.3%) |
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| Economic status of client |
Poor |
3265 (18.6%) |
| Average |
9649 (55.0%) |
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| Wealthy |
2535 (14.5%) |
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| Cannot say |
2080 (11.9%) |
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| Truck driving as profession of the client |
Yes |
1461 (8.3%) |
| No |
13217 (75.4%) |
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| Cannot say |
2851 (16.3%) |
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| Client highly intoxicated with alcohol/ drugs |
Yes |
1015 (5.8%) |
| No |
16447 (93.8%) |
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| Do not remember |
67 (0.4%) |
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*New client was the one who visited the FSW for the first time, and regular client was the one who visited the FSW repeatedly. | ||
Dandona et al. BMC Public Health 2005 5:87 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-87 |
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