Table 1.
Demographics and sexual behaviors of FSW in Guangdong Province, China, 2020 (N = 1155)
| Characteristics | Total n (%) |
Online sex-seeking | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | |||
| Demographics | 1155 | 386(33.42) | 769(66.58) | |
| Age (Year) | < 0.001 | |||
| Mean ± SD | 33.17 ± 9.89 | 34.86 ± 10.56 | 32.32 ± 9.43 | |
| <=30 | 465(40.26) | 130(33.68) | 335(43.56) | |
| 30–40 | 434(37.58) | 145(37.56) | 289(37.58) | |
| > 40 | 256(22.16) | 111(28.76) | 145(18.86) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.147 | |||
| Han | 1059(91.69) | 347(89.90) | 712(92.59) | |
| Non-Han | 96(8.31) | 39(10.10) | 57(7.41) | |
| Marital status | 0.620 | |||
| Married | 504(43.64) | 164(42.49) | 340(44.21) | |
| Unmarried | 651(56.36) | 222(57.51) | 429(55.79) | |
| Highest education | 0.125 | |||
| Primary school or less | 250(21.65) | 77(19.95) | 173(22.49) | |
| Junior high School | 623(53.94) | 201(52.07) | 422(54.88) | |
| Senior high school and above | 282(24.42) | 108(27.98) | 174(22.63) | |
| Annual income ($) | < 0.001 | |||
| < 5000 | 177(15.32) | 39(10.10) | 138(17.95) | |
| 5000–10,000 | 386(33.42) | 103(26.68) | 283(36.80) | |
| 10,001–15,000 | 345(29.87) | 120(31.09) | 225(29.26) | |
| > 15,000 | 247(21.39) | 124(32.12) | 123(15.99) | |
| Workplace | 0.073 | |||
| Middle tier | 690(59.74) | 216(55.96) | 474(61.64) | |
| Low tier | 465(40.26) | 170(44.04) | 295(38.36) | |
| Length of time working in current location (month) | 0.221 | |||
| < 6 | 356(30.82) | 107(27.72) | 249(32.38) | |
| 6–12 | 327(28.31) | 110(28.50) | 217(28.22) | |
| > 12 | 472(40.87) | 169(43.78) | 303(39.40) | |
| Vaginal discomfort | 0.951 | |||
| No | 739(63.98) | 246(63.73) | 493(64.11) | |
| Yes | 416(36.02) | 140(36.27) | 276(35.89) | |
| Received health services locally | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 275(23.81) | 49(12.69) | 226(29.39) | |
| Yes | 880(76.19) | 337(87.31) | 543(70.61) | |
| Sexual Behavior | ||||
| Number of clients in the last week | < 0.001 | |||
| Mean ± SD | 7.92 ± 7.23 | 10.06 ± 8.50 | 6.84 ± 6.24 | |
| <=7 | 667(57.75) | 161(41.71) | 506(65.80) | |
| 8–14 | 307(26.58) | 144(37.31) | 163(21.20) | |
| >=15 | 181(15.67) | 81(20.98) | 100(13.00) | |
| Consistent condom uses in the last month | 0.970 | |||
| No | 315(27.27) | 105(27.20) | 210(27.31) | |
| Yes | 840(72.73) | 281(72.80) | 559(72.69) | |
| Reproductive health | ||||
| Ever had an unintended pregnancy due to commercial sex | 0.004 | |||
| No | 1024(88.66) | 327(84.72) | 697(90.64) | |
| Yes | 131(11.34) | 59(15.28) | 72(9.36) | |
| Ever have been diagnosed as infertile | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 880(76.19) | 317(82.12) | 563(73.21) | |
| Yes | 30(2.60) | 15(3.89) | 15(1.95) | |
| Unknown | 245(21.21) | 54(13.99) | 191(24.84) | |
| Ever abortions | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 767(66.41) | 223(57.77) | 544(70.74) | |
| Yes | 388(33.59) | 163(42.23) | 225(29.26) | |
| STD testing results | ||||
| HIV positive | ||||
| No | 1154(99.91) | 385(99.74) | 769(100.00) | |
| Yes | 1(0.09) | 1(0.26) | 0(0.00) | |
| Syphilis positive | 0.436 | |||
| No | 1145(99.13) | 381(98.70) | 764(99.35) | |
| Yes | 10(0.87) | 5(1.30) | 5(0.65) | |
| Gonorrhea positive | 0.143 | |||
| No | 1118(96.80) | 369(95.60) | 749(97.40) | |
| Yes | 37(3.20) | 17(4.40) | 20(2.60) | |
| Chlamydia positive | 0.061 | |||
| No | 1007(87.19) | 326(84.46) | 681(88.56) | |
| Yes | 148(12.81) | 60(15.54) | 88(11.44) | |
| STD positive | 0.019 | |||
| No | 984(85.19) | 315(81.61) | 669(87.00) | |
| Yes | 171(14.81) | 71(18.39) | 100(13.00) | |
| Lifetime history of testing | ||||
| Ever tested for chlamydia | 0.001 | |||
| No | 1051(91.00) | 333(86.27) | 718(93.37) | |
| Yes | 104(9.00) | 53(13.73) | 51(6.63) | |
| Ever tested for gonorrhea | 0.001 | |||
| No | 1071(92.73) | 344(89.12) | 727(94.54) | |
| Yes | 84(7.27) | 42(10.88) | 42(5.46) | |