Table 3 |
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Association of select variables with no or inconsistent use of condom for penetrative vaginal/anal sex by FSWs with their clients in multiple logistic regression. |
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Variable* |
Variable categories† |
Total who had penetrative sex with at least one client (6,128)‡ |
Number who reported no or inconsistent use of condom (%) |
Odds of having no or inconsistent use of condom (95% CI) |
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Knowledge that HIV can be prevented |
Yes |
3321 |
840 (25.3%) |
1.00 |
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No |
2807 |
2067 (73.6%) |
5.01 (4.38–5.73) |
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Access to free condoms in the last 30 days |
Yes |
2468 |
501 (20.3%) |
1.00 |
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No |
3660 |
2406 (65.7%) |
3.45 (2.99–3.98) |
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Participation in FSW support group |
Yes |
566 |
77 (13.6%) |
1.00 |
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No |
5561 |
2829 (50.9%) |
2.02 (1.50–2.70) |
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Type of sex worker |
Street-based |
4599 |
2468 (53.7%) |
3.36 (1.87–6.04) |
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Home-based |
1394 |
421 (30.2%) |
2.66 (1.46–4.86) |
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Brothel-based |
135 |
18 (13.3%) |
1.00 |
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Social support score§ |
1.00 – 2.50 |
1306 |
836 (64%) |
2.60 (2.17–3.12) |
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2.51 – 3.50 |
2518 |
1387 (55.1%) |
2.27 (1.95–2.64) |
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>3.50 |
2304 |
684 (29.7%) |
1.00 |
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Income in the last 7 days (Rupees) |
>501 |
1903 |
515 (27.1%) |
1.00 |
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251 – 500 |
1929 |
946 (49%) |
1.31 (1.09–1.57) |
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250 or less |
2295 |
1445 (63%) |
1.66 (1.35–2.04) |
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Age group (years) |
16 – 24 |
2292 |
875 (38.2%) |
1.00 |
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25 – 34 |
3034 |
1533 (50.5%) |
1.29 (1.11–1.51) |
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35 or more |
802 |
499 (62.2%) |
1.69 (1.33–2.14) |
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Family aware of sex work |
Yes |
2064 |
655 (31.7%) |
1.00 |
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No |
4061 |
2250 (55.4%) |
1.32 (1.13–1.53) |
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Rural-urban area where the FSW was sampled from |
Rural |
1345 |
544 (40.4%) |
1.45 (1.19–1.77) |
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Urban small |
680 |
266 (39.1%) |
1.07 (0.84–1.35) |
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Urban medium |
2621 |
1460 (50.2%) |
1.73 (1.47–2.04) |
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Urban large |
1482 |
637 (43%) |
1.00 |
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Number of clients in last 7 days |
7 or less |
3768 |
2062 (54.7%) |
1.20 (0.88–1.63) |
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8 – 14 |
1829 |
738 (40.3%) |
1.25 (0.93–1.67) |
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> = 15 |
531 |
107 (20.2%) |
1.00 |
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Marital status |
Never married |
1072 |
257 (24%) |
1.00 |
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Currently married |
2483 |
1327 (53.4%) |
1.26 (1.01–1.59) |
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Other# |
2573 |
1323 (51.4%) |
1.07 (0.85–1.35) |
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Education level of FSW |
Illiterate |
4552 |
2428 (53.3%) |
1.32 (1.13–1.55) |
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Literate |
1576 |
479 (30.4%) |
1.00 |
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Duration of being in sex work (years) |
0–5 |
4773 |
2336 (48.9%) |
1.00 |
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>5 |
1355 |
571 (42.1%) |
0.98 (0.82–1.17) |
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*Variables listed in descending order of effect on outcome variable. †Some categories of variables combined based on initial iterations that showed similar values for outcome variable in order to increase the power of the analysis. ‡Data on condom use was available for 6128 (99.4%) FSWs; the total of sub-categories may not always be 6128 due to a few missing values. §The social support score for each respondent was averaged for responses to 7 questions used for this score, which documented whether the respondent could count on someone for money, going to doctor, talking about problems, food or place to stay, abuse by anyone, abuse by client, and client's refusal to use condom; this score ranged from 1 to 5, with 1 indicating least social support and 5 indicating maximum social support; the three suggested categories indicate low, medium and high social support, respectively. ¶Urban small were towns with population < 50,000; urban medium were towns/cities with population 50,001 – 200,000; urban large were cities with population more than 200,000; this classification was done based on Census of India data for each sub-site. #Other includes separated, divorced and widowed. |
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Dandona et al. BMC Public Health 2005 5:87 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-87 |
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