Table 1.
Comparison of Demographic Characteristics, Sexual and Reproductive Health History between FC Users and Non-users (Numbers (percents) except where indicated) a
| Survey at Baseline | Survey at 6-m after Baseline | Survey at 12-m after Baseline | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N=152 | FC Users N=35 | Non-users N=77 | FC Users N=34 | Non-users N=77 | |
| Mean age (median) | 26.9 (25.0) | 29.0 (26.0) | 27.3 (25.0) | 31.1 (31.5) | 29.1 (27.0) |
| Age range | 16 – 50 | 17 – 43 | 17 – 48 | 17 – 43 | 17 – 48 |
| Never married | 91 (59.9) | 16 (45.7) | 48 (62.3) | 10 (29.4)* | 39 (50.6)* |
| Education above primary school | 84 (55.3) | 22 (62.9) | 46 (59.7) | 21 (61.8) | 56 (72.7) |
| Han ethnicity | 70 (46.1) | 21 (60.0) | 42 (54.5) | 23 (67.6) | 46 (59.7) |
| From FS town | 75 (49.3) | 20 (57.1) | 40 (51.9) | 19 (55.9) | 41 (53.2) |
| From YF town | 77 (50.6) | 15 (42.9) | 37 (48.1) | 15 (44.1) | 36 (46.8) |
| From boarding houses | 49 (32.2) | 17 (48.6)* | 21 (27.3)* | 21 (61.8)** | 26 (33.8)** |
| Sexual and reproductive history: | |||||
| Mean age at first sex act (range) | 18.7 (13 – 25) | 18.4 (14 – 23) | 18.9 (13 – 23) | 18.8 (12 – 23) | 18.8 (16 – 24) |
| Median years sexually active (range) | 8.2 (<1 – 27) | 8.0 (1.0 – 24) | 6.0 (<1 – 30) | 15.0 (<1 – 26) | 8.0 (1.0–25) |
| Median age initiated sex work (range) | 24.2 (14 – 40) | 24.0 (16 – 38) | 23.0 (16 – 40) | 29.0 (17 – 39) | 26.0 (16 – 45) |
| Median years of sex work (range) | 2.8 (<1 – 14) | 2.5 (<1 – 15) | 2.0 (<1 – 13) | 3.0 (<1 – 16) | 2.0 (<1 – 14) |
| Never pregnant | 51 (33.6) | 9 (25.7) | 27 (35.1) | 5 (14.7) | 19 (24.7) |
| Ever had an abortion | 31 (20.4) | 15 (42.9) | 35 (45.4) | 19 (55.9) | 37 (48.1) |
| Never had a child | 47 (31.0) | 16 (45.7) | 48 (62.3) | 10 (29.4)* | 40 (51.9)* |
| Ever used a male condom | 138 (90.8) | 35 (100) | 74 (96.1) | 34 (100.0) | 74 (96.1) |
| Sterilized | 28 (18.4) | 11 (31.4)* | 11 (14.3)* | 9 (26.5) | 12 (15.6) |
| Ever used IUD | 46 (30.3) | 14 (40.0) | 26 (33.8) | 20 (58.8) | 30 (39.0) |
a
Women in the study who had sex with persons who were neither primary nor paying partners were excluded from these analyses.
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01