Table 3.

Relationship of Sexually Transmitted Infection Underreporting and Sexual History and Practices

		STI underreporting
	Total	No	Yes
Age of sex debut (SD)	18.28 (1.95)	18.33 (2.03)	18.25 (1.90)
No. of clients/week (SD)	2.14 (1.91)	2.61 (2.08)	1.83 (1.72)**
Maximum number of clients/day (SD)	1.28 (0.67)	1.42 (0.84)	1.18 (0.51)**
Having stable partner	1.30 (0.46)	1.20 (0.41)	1.36 (0.48)*
No. of pregnancies	2.23 (1.21)	2.72 (1.33)	1.90 (1.00)****
Had abortion	118 (55%)	61 (71%)	57 (45%)****
Sexual risk score (12 items)	4.13 (2.10)	5.34 (1.99)	3.33 (1.75)****

^*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ****p < 0.0001.