TABLE 3.

Association of Purchasing Sexual Services With HIV-Related Perceptions and Willingness to Accept STD/HIV Testing and Participate in STD/HIV Prevention Activities (%)

	Community Sample		STD Clinic Sample
Characteristics	Clients	Nonclients	Clients	Nonclients
N	130	1174	152	313
Knowledge of HIV transmission (0–10)	5.3 ± 2.0	5.9 ± 2.0†	6.5 ± 2.7	6.4 ± 2.2
Self-efficacy of condom use
I can persuade my partner to use condom if she does not want to	37.7	34.9	30.2	30.3
I will refuse to have sex if my partner does not want to use a condom	59.4	56.8	48.3	50.8
My partner and I know where to get condoms	33.3	23.8*	26.0	20.8
My partner and I know how to use condoms	70.9	76.3	63.2	77.9‡
Perceived condom efficacy
Using condom is an important way to prevent STD	65.1	71.3	81.8	81.7
Barriers to condom use
Few men like to use condoms during sex	31.0	33.3	22.0	33.2*
Using condoms reduces sexual pleasure	25.4	30.5	16.6	31.6‡
Condoms often break	48.8	54.2	49.3	51.5
Vulnerability to STD and HIV
Likely to get STD in the future	63.9	39.1‡	96.7	96.1
Likely to get HIV in the future	56.9	32.5‡	97.4	98.1
Peer risky sexual involvement (mean ± SD)	2.1 ± 0.7	1.6 ± 0.6‡	2.3 ± 0.5	2.0 ± 0.5†
Willingness to accept STD or HIV testing	65.4	68.2	88.7	81.7
Willingness to participate in HIV prevention activities	72.4	83.5†	78.0	78.9

^*P <0.05.

^†P <0.01.

^‡P <0.001.

STD indicates sexually transmitted disease; SD = standard deviation.