Table 1.
Distribution of sociodemographic and structural characteristics by PrEP use among female sex workers.
| Variables | All N (%) |
PrEP doses used per week | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 n (%) |
≥2 n (%) |
|||
| Overall | 195 | 155 (79.5) | 40 (20.5) | |
| Age groups (years) | 0.046 | |||
| 18–24 | 58 (29.9) | 51 (33.1) | 7 (17.5) | |
| 25–34 | 107 (55.2) | 78 (50.6) | 29 (72.5) | |
| 35+ | 29 (14.9) | 25 (16.2) | 4 (10.0) | |
| Marital status | 0.206 | |||
| Never married | 137 (70.6) | 112 (72.7) | 25 (62.5) | |
| Married/previously married | 57 (29.4) | 42 (27.3) | 15 (37.5) | |
| Education level | 0.732 | |||
| No formal education | 18 (9.3) | 13 (8.4) | 5 (12.5) | |
| Primary | 91 (46.9) | 73 (47.4) | 18 (45.0) | |
| Secondary+ | 85 (43.8) | 68 (44.2) | 17 (42.5) | |
| Have children | 0.325 | |||
| Yes | 165 (85.1) | 129 (83.8) | 36 (90.0) | |
| No | 29 (14.9) | 25 (16.2) | 4 (10.0) | |
| Living arrangements | 0.0431 | |||
| Alone | 19 (9.8) | 18 (11.7) | 1 (2.5) | |
| Family | 154 (79.4) | 123 (79.9) | 31 (77.5) | |
| Friends/others | 21 (10.8) | 13 (8.4) | 8 (20.0) | |
| Sex work is the only source of income | 0.266 | |||
| No | 92 (47.2) | 70 (45.2) | 22 (55.0) | |
| Yes | 103 (52.8) | 85 (54.8) | 18 (45.0) | |
| PrEP awareness | 0.087 | |||
| Low | 123 (63.4) | 93 (60.4) | 30 (75.0) | |
| High | 71 (36.6) | 61 (39.6) | 10 (25.0) | |
| PrEP self-efficacy | 1.0001 | |||
| Low | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| High | 192 (99.5) | 152 (99.3) | 40 (100.0) | |
| Social support | 0.573 | |||
| Inadequate | 87 (47.3) | 67 (46.2) | 20 (51.3) | |
| Adequate | 97 (52.7) | 78 (53.8) | 19 (48.7) | |
| Sex work stigma | 0.697 | |||
| Low | 33 (17.6) | 25 (16.8) | 8 (21.1) | |
| Moderate | 124 (66.3) | 101 (67.8) | 23 (60.5) | |
| High | 30 (16.0) | 23 (15.4) | 7 (18.4) | |
| PrEP Stigma | 0.941 | |||
| Low | 147 (77.4) | 117 (77.5) | 30 (76.9) | |
| High | 43 (22.6) | 34 (22.5) | (23.1) | |
| Self-perceived HIV risk | 0.0291 | |||
| High risk | 142 (73.2) | 119 (77.3) | 23 (57.5) | |
| Medium risk | 16 (8.2) | 10 (6.5) | 6 (15.0) | |
| Low risk | 24 (12.4) | 17 (11.0) | 7 (17.5) | |
| No risk | 7 (3.6) | 6 (3.9) | 1 (2.5) | |
| Do not know | 5 (2.6) | 2 (1.3) | 3 (7.5) | |
| Self-reported health status | 0.1841 | |||
| Very good | 104 (54.2) | 77 (50.7) | 27 (67.5) | |
| Good | 70 (36.5) | 59 (38.8) | 11 (27.5) | |
| Fair or poor | 18 (9.4) | 16 (10.5) | 2 (5.0) | |
| Financial difficulties due to spending on health | 0.234 | |||
| Yes | 84 (43.3) | 70 (45.5) | 14 (35.0) | |
| No | 110 (56.7) | 84 (54.5) | 26 (65.0) | |
| Reported having had STIs in the past 6 months | 0.6701 | |||
| Yes | 8 (4.1) | 6 (3.9) | 2 (5.0) | |
| No | 186 (95.9) | 148 (96.1) | 38 (95.0) | |
| Experienced physical violence in the past 12 months | 0.952 | |||
| Yes | 78 (40.4) | 62 (40.5) | 16 (40.0) | |
| No | 115 (59.6) | 91 (59.5) | 24 (60.0) | |
| Ever used illicit drugs, including cannabis | 0.920 | |||
| Yes | 35 (18.0) | 28 (18.2) | 7 (17.5) | |
| No | 159 (82.0) | 126 (81.8) | 33 (82.5) | |
| Alcohol use (AUDIT) | 0.4101 | |||
| Low risk | 29 (15.3) | 22 (14.8) | 7 (17.5) | |
| Harmful or hazardous | 21 (11.1) | 19 (12.8) | 2 (5.0) | |
| Alcohol dependence | 139 (73.5) | 108 (72.5) | 31 (77.5) | |
| Arrested by police in the past 12 months | 0.669 | |||
| Yes | 53 (27.3) | 41 (26.6) | 12 (30.0) | |
| No | 141 (72.7) | 113 (73.4) | 28 (70.0) | |
AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorder Identification test; PrEP, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; STIs, Sexually Transmitted infections. p-value by chi-square test; 1p-value by Fisher’s exact test. The total may not add up due to non-responses to some of the questions. The italicized values indicate variables that are statistically significant i.e. at p-value is less than 0.05.