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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 20;13(2):162–169. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.1229

Table 1.

Comparison of major factors associated with HIV risks for female sex workers (FSW) according to their usual venue for sex work: classification of venues as higher and low risk.

Entertainment Venue
Behavioral Characteristics Higher Risk Venues Lower Risk Venues
Street walkers
(n = 31)
Temporary sublets
(n = 51)
Beauty salons
(n = 197)
Saunas
(n = 37)
Karaoke clubs
(n = 358)
Hotels
(n = 6)
Night clubs
(n = 57)
Drug use (ever) Non-drug user 17 (54.8) 37 (72.6) 148 (75.1) 32 (86.5) 321 (89.7) 6 (100) 56 (98.3)
Illegal drug user(Non-injection) 2 (6.5) 7 (13.7) 18 (9.1) 5 (13.5) 19 (5.3) 0 0
Injection drug user 12 (38.7) 7 (13.7) 31 (15.7) 0 18 (5.0) 0 1 (1.7)
Duration of commercial sex work (years) <1 3 (9.7) 18 (35.3) 64 (32.5) 17 (46.0) 123 (34.4) 3 (50.0) 21 (36.8)
1–2 9 (29.0) 15 (29.4) 74 (37.6) 10 (27.0) 149 (41.6) 2 (33.3) 24 (42.1)
3–4 7 (22.6) 6 (11.8) 28 (14.2) 3 (8.1) 48 (13.4) 0 5 (8.8)
≥5 12 (38.7) 12 (23.5) 31 (15.7) 7 (18.9) 38 (10.6) 1 (16.7) 7 (12.3)
Number of clients previous week Mean 5.55 8.7 6.59 6.95 2.80 4.83 3.12
Median 4 4 5 5 2 3.5 2
Always used condom with every client in previous week Yes 10 (32.3) 38 (74.5) 164 (83.3) 33 (89.2) 316 (88.3) 6 (100) 49 (86.0)
No 21 (67.7) 13 (25.5) 33 (16.7) 4 (10.8) 42 (11.7) 0 8 (14.0)
Always used condom with regular partner in previous week Yes 2 (18.2) 3 (14.3) 15 (15.6) 2 (10.0) 34 (16.5) 0 5 (19.2)
No 9 (81.8) 18 (85.7) 81 (84.4) 18 (90.0) 172 (83.5) 3 (100) 21 (80.8)
HSV-2 antibody positive Yes 29 (93.5) 30 (58.8) 149 (75.6) 31 (83.8) 226 (63.1) 3 (50.0) 34 (59.7)
No 2 (6.5) 21 (41.2) 48 (24.4) 6 (16.2) 132 (36.9) 3 (50.0) 23 (40.3)
Earnings per client (in yuan) Mean 46.1 97.1 94.1 131.6 174.4 128.3 168.6
Median 30 100 100 100 125 100 100
Infected with HIV Yes 8 (25.8) 11 (21.6) 31 (15.7) 4 (10.8) 21 (5.9) 1 (16.7) 0 (0)
No 23 (74.2) 40 (78.4) 166 (84.3) 33 (89.2) 337 (94.1) 5 (83.3) 57 (100)