Table 2.
Sexual behaviours of female sex workers or commercially and sexually exploited (FSW/CSE) girls and men who have sex with men or transgender women (MSM/TGW) in Papua New Guinea (2016–2017).
| FSW/CSE Girls (n = 1789) | MSM/TGW (n = 855) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15–24 years (n = 720) | Sample proportion (unweighted) % | Population proportion (weighted) % (95% CI) | ≥25 years (n = 1069) | Sample proportion (unweighted) % | Population proportion (weighted) % (95% CI) | 15–24 years (n = 378) | Sample proportion (unweighted) % | Population proportion (weighted) % (95% CI) | ≥25 years (n = 477) | Sample proportion (unweighted) % | Population proportion (weighted) % (95% CI) | |
| Median age first had vaginal sex (IQR) | 16 (15–17) | 17 (15–18) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Median age first had sex with a man or TGW (IQR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 (17–20) | 22 (18–27) | ||||
| Median age first sold or exchanged sex (IQR) | 18 (16–20) | 25 (20–29.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Years selling sex | ||||||||||||
| ≤2 years | 349 | 48.6 | 51.7 (47.4–56.0) | 222 | 21.0 | 21.9 (18.8–25) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3–4 years | 200 | 27.9 | 27.1 (23.2–30.9) | 209 | 19.8 | 22 (18.7–25.2) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ≥5 years | 169 | 23.5 | 21.2 (17.6–24.9) | 624 | 59.2 | 56.1 (52.3–60.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Has someone who facilitates meeting clients | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 345 | 48.6 | 49.9 (45.3–54.5) | 433 | 40.9 | 40.4 (36.6–44.3) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| No | 365 | 51.4 | 50.1 (45.5–54.7) | 626 | 59.1 | 59.6 (55.7–63.4) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Used internet or mobile apps to meet clients (FSW) or partners (MSM/TGW), last 6 months | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 116 | 16.1 | 15.7 (12.5–18.9) | 154 | 14.4 | 13.0 (10.6–15.4) | 119 | 31.7 | 30.4 (23.6–37.2) | 109 | 22.9 | 22.5 (17.2–27.8) |
| No | 604 | 83.9 | 84.3 (81.1–87.5) | 914 | 85.6 | 87.0 (84.6–89.4) | 257 | 68.3 | 69.6 (62.8–76.4) | 368 | 77.1 | 77.5 (72.2–82.8) |
| Ever had anal sex | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 416 | 57.9 | 56.9 (52.6–61.3) | 666 | 62.4 | 61.3 (57.4–65.1) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| No | 303 | 42.1 | 43.1 (38.7– 47.4) | 402 | 37.6 | 38.7 (34.9–42.6) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Age first had anal sex with a man or TGW | ||||||||||||
| 10–14 years old | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 10 | 11.0 (7.1–15.0) | 27 | 6.0 | 4.3 (2–6.6) |
| 15–19 years old | – | – | – | – | – | – | 199 | 55.1 | 57.5 (50.8–64.3) | 120 | 26.4 | 25.7 (20.5–31) |
| 20–24 years old | – | – | – | – | – | – | 126 | 34.9 | 31.5 (25.0–37.8) | 121 | 26.6 | 27.6 (22.2–33) |
| ≥25 years old | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 186 | 41.0 | 42.3 (36–48.5) |
| Number of male anal or vaginal sex partners, last 6 months | ||||||||||||
| 0 partners | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0.8 | 1.6 (0.0–4.0) | 5 | 1.1 | 1.3 (−0.1–2.7) |
| 1–2 partners | 76 | 10.6 | 11.1 (8.3–13.9) | 132 | 12.4 | 12 (9.6–14.4) | 217 | 60.5 | 58.1 (50.4–65.7) | 239 | 52.8 | 59.0 (52.9–65.1) |
| 3–4 partners | 118 | 16.4 | 16.5 (13.2–19.7) | 186 | 17.4 | 20.1 (16.9–23.3) | 73 | 20.3 | 20.1 (14.3–25.9) | 103 | 22.7 | 20.4 (15.7–25.1) |
| ≥5 partners | 523 | 73.0 | 72.4 (69.0–75.7) | 523 | 70.2 | 67.9 (64.2–71.6) | 66 | 18.4 | 20.2 (13.5–26.8) | 106 | 23.4 | 19.3 (14.3–24.3) |
| Number of female sex partners, last 6 months | ||||||||||||
| 0 partners | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0.6 | 0.7 (−0.4–1.8) | 2 | 0.5 | 1 (−0.7–2.7) |
| 1–2 partners | – | – | – | – | – | – | 102 | 32.4 | 38.8 (31.6–46.0) | 145 | 39.4 | 42.6 (35.8–49.4) |
| 3–4 partners | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | 27 | 29.6 (22.4–36.8) | 95 | 25.8 | 28.8 (28.3–35.1) |
| ≥5 partners | – | – | – | – | – | – | 126 | 40 | 30.8 (24.0–37.6) | 126 | 34.2 | 27.6 (21.9–33.3) |
| Condom use at last sex act | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 235 | 32.6 | 31.2 (27.0–35.5) | 393 | 36.9 | 33.8 (30.1–37.4) | 91 | 24.5 | 23.5 (18.0–29.1) | 140 | 29.7 | 29.7 (24.1–29.8) |
| No | 485 | 67.4 | 68.8 (64.5–73.0) | 671 | 63.1 | 66.2 (62.6–69.9) | 280 | 75.5 | 76.5 (70.9–82.0) | 332 | 70.3 | 70.3 (64.7–70.4) |
| Paid men/TGW for sex, last 6 months | ||||||||||||
| Yes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 222 | 61.8 | 62.0 (58.6–64.9) | 200 | 44.1 | 36.8 (33.2–40.5) |
| No | – | – | – | – | – | – | 137 | 38.2 | 38.0 (35.1–41.4) | 253 | 55.9 | 63.2 (59.5–66.8) |
| Got paid for sex from men/TGW, last 6 months | ||||||||||||
| Yes | – | – | – | – | – | – | 174 | 48.5 | 53.4 (46.2–60.6) | 199 | 43.9 | 40.9 (34.9–46.9) |
| No | – | – | – | – | – | – | 185 | 51.5 | 46.6 (39.4–53.8) | 254 | 56.1 | 59.1 (53.1–65.1) |
| Able to negotiate condom use with a client, last 6 months | ||||||||||||
| Never | 85 | 14.4 | 15.7 (12.1–19.4) | 84 | 9.7 | 10.9 (7.8–13.9) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rarely | 79 | 13.4 | 14.7 (11.3–18.2) | 79 | 9.2 | 9.2 (6.9–11.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sometimes | 226 | 38.2 | 37.9 (33.0–42.9) | 310 | 35.9 | 40.4 (36–44.7) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Frequently | 201 | 34.0 | 31.7 (26.8–36.4) | 390 | 45.2 | 39.5 (35.2–43.9) | – | – | – | – | – | – |