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.