Table 3.
Occupational determinants
| Intention to use PrEP | Condom use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intenders (n = 61) | Non-intenders (n = 41) | p value | Consistent (n = 77) | Inconsistent (n = 25) | p value | |
| Sex work characteristics in the previous three months | ||||||
| Street-based work | 41 (67.2%) | 32 (78%) | 0.2 | 48 (64%) | 24 (96%) | 0.002 |
| Average number of clients per day (mean ± SD) | 6.2 ± 4.3 | 5.9 ± 4.5 | 0.7 | 5.4 ± 3.8 | 8.2 ± 5.2 | 0.004 |
| Average monthly income (mean ± SD) | 125.2 ± 87.2 | 100.9 ± 66.1 | 0.1 | 115.3 ± 83.5 | 114.8 ± 69.7 | 0.9 |
| Relationship with clients in the last 3 months | ||||||
| Condomless sex | 18(29.5%) | 7(17.1%) | 0.2 | |||
| Drug use with clients before or during sex | 29 (47.5%) | 17 (41.4%) | 0.5 | 27 (35%) | 19 (76%) | < 0.001 |
| Condomless sex associated to drug use with clients | 6/23 (26%) | 1/13 (7.7%) | 0.18 | |||
| Condom rupture | 20/59 (33.9%) | 7/40 (17.1%) | 0.07 | 18/75 (24%) | 9/24 (36%) | 0.2 |
| Condom coercion | 34 (55.7%) | 19 (46.3%) | 0.35 | 34 (44.2%) | 19 (76%) | 0.006 |
| Violence (verbal or physical) exerted clients | 31 (50.8%) | 22 (53.6%) | 0.8 | 36 (46.5%) | 17 (68%) | 0.06 |
| Clients with drug injection habits | 11 (18%) | 4 (9.8%) | 0.2 | 4 (5.2%) | 11(44%) | < 0.001 |
p values obtained from chi-squared test, Fisher’s exact test, and Student’s t test
Bold values indicate statistical significance (p value < 0.05)