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) |
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| 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) | |