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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Mar;39(3):195–200. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823d2e2a

TABLE 2. Socio-demographic, Risk Behaviour Characteristics and Syphilis Prevalence by Sex Work locations among Female Sex Workers in Liuzhou City.

Characteristics KTV-based (N=174)
APP% (95%CI)
Sauna-based (N=139)
APP% (95%CI)
Massage-based (N=212)
APP% (95%CI)
Street-based (N=27)
APP% (95%CI)
Phone-based (N=31)
APP% (95%CI)
Total 29.6(15.3-48.9) 15.2(9.7-21.1) 38.6(26.2-49.1) 8.9(2.9-16.2) 7.6(3.3-12.5)
Age group
 15-19 33.7(23.4-42.4) 6.6(1.8-10.9) 6.8(3.0-10.9) 0.1(0-0) 0.2(0-0)
 20-29 65.7(57.0-76.0) 74.1(65.9-84.2) 46.5(38.9-57.0) 4.1(0-22.0) 7.6(0-24.1)
 30-39 0.1(0-0) 18.4(9.5-27.0) 43.6(32.4-52.4) 12.5(4.9-21.2) 60.2(48.1-77.6)
 40- 0.5(0-1.8) 0.9(0-2.8) 3.1(0-6.8) 83.3(62.7-91.3) 32.0(12.5-42.6)
Education
 Primary or less 1.9(0.6-4.0) 23.8(13.0-34.3) 30.8(24.1-37.0) 85.1(65.2-99.4) 37.9(16.2-55.6)
 Junior high 49.2(40.5-58.0) 59.6(49.7-72.0) 61.6(55.2-69.1) 12.3(0.6-28.6) 58.1(40.3-79.7)
 Senior high & above 48.9(39.7-57.5) 16.6(7.3-25.7) 7.6(3.9-11.5) 2.5(0-7.2) 4.0(0-9.2)
Ethnicity
 Han 56(47.4-64.6) 46.8(35.4-57.8) 36.4(30.2-45.9) 36.9(12.9-58.0) 52.1(28.8-73.8)
 Zhuang 36.4(27.9-45.8) 41.6(31.5-53.4) 54.2(44.5-60.3) 59.0(37.8-83.1) 44.5(22.5-69.0)
 Other 7.6(3-13.2) 11.6(5.8-16.9) 9.3(5.2-14.2) 4.2(0-11.4) 3.4(0-10.2)
Marital status
 Never married 98.7(97.3-99.9) 77.6(68.5-86.6) 48.7(39.9-56.6) 3.5(0.8-8.2) 27.9(10.7-51.7)
 Currently married 0.1(0-0) 9.1(3.8-14.2) 22.0(14.8-31.1) 5.0(0-11.8) 9.7(0-19.5)
 Divorced/widowed 1.1(0.1-2.8) 13.3(6.3-21.5) 29.2(22.3-36.6) 91.5(83.7-96.7) 62.4(40.0-81.5)
Duration of sex work
 <=2 years 71.5(63.0-78.2) 33.3(21.9-44.5) 51.4(42.3-60.8) 23.9(9.3-41.7) 22.8(7.7-43.0)
 3∼4 years 23.2(16.8-30.4) 50.4(37.8-61.6) 26.0(19.5-32.2) 40.5(21.0-48.6) 25.5(10.3-40.7)
 >=5 years 5.2(2.6-9.9) 16.3(10.4-24.7) 22.6(15.8-29.6) 35.6(22.4-61.5) 51.6(33.3-68.2)
Number of clients in past week
 <= 5 clients 88.8(82.3-93.8) 50.3(37.5-61.8) 63.9(54.4-70.9) 24.1(9.9-40.9) 89.8(80.2-97.8)
 >5 clients 11.2(6.3-17.7) 49.7(38.2-62.5) 36.1(29.1-45.6) 75.9(59.1-90.1) 10.2(2.2-19.9)
Consistent condom use with clients in past week 59.2(48.5-67.0) 80.5(71.1-87.7) 69.3(60.0-76.9) 17.4(0-56.3) 40.1(21.3-62.3)
Ever injected drugs 0(0-0) 1.3(0-3.6) 2.6(0-6.6) 2.7(0-10.4) 10.2(0-23.1)
HIV prevention activities at sex work location 42.9(34.9-53.2) 52.7(41.3-65.3) 61.3(52.4-69.1) 18.7(6.8-33.0) 8.7(0-20.9)
Known HIV status in past 12 months 10.3(5.1-16.4) 14.2(6.4-22.5) 22.7(16.2-30.4) 7.0(2.7-14.2) 10.4(1.3-23.3)
Lifetime syphilis infection 4.3(0.4-9.7) 1.9(0-4.7) 3.0(1.0-5.3) 69.7(49.7-82.9) 46.3(20.6-67.1)
Active syphilis infection 3.8(0.2-9.8) 1.0(0-3.0) 0.7(0-0.9) 39.8(22.1-53.0) 17.0(2.9-30.5)

NOTE. APP, RDS Adjusted population proportions; CI, confidence intervals.