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. 2011 Dec 29;11(Suppl 6):S8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S6-S8

Table 1.

Sample characteristics and bivariate associations (unadjusted odds ratios [OR]) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs): sample characteristics and bivariate associations between social, environmental and intervention exposure factors and consistent condom use with commercial sex clients1,2,3

Proportion (n) or mean /median (interquartile range=IQR)
N=775
OUTCOMES


Condoms used in each occasion of sexual intercourse with all clients in the most recent day worked Consistent condom use with occasional clients Consistent condom use with most recent repeat client

OR [95% CIs] P OR [95% CIs] P OR [95% CIs] P
SOCIAL

Age (years) 30.3/
30 (25-35)
1.00 [0.97-1.03] 0.935 0.97 [0.93-1.00] 0.081 0.97 [0.93-1.02] 0.188

Marital status
Devadasi
Never married
Divorced/Separated/Widowed
Currently married

15.5 (119)
5.9 (56)
52.5 (371)
26.0 (229)

1.73 [0.73-4.08]
0.65 [0.26-1.63]
0.93 [0.49-1.76]
1.0 (ref)

0.268

2.27 [1.18-4.34]
1.02 [0.47-2.22]
0.94 [0.54-1.64]
1.0 (ref)

0.031

1.30 [0.64-2.66]
1.26 [0.50-3.18]
0.77 [0.28-2.09]
1.0 (ref)

0.729

Religion
Hindu (versus other - Islam/Christian/Jain)

89.1 (682)

1.01 [0.51-1.98]

0.981

1.27 [0.69-2.33]

0.445

0.53 [0.20-1.41]

0.206

Age at first sex (years) 15.5/
15 (14-17)
1.12 [1.01-1.24] 0.036 1.07 [0.94-1.22] 0.295 1.06 [0.98-1.16] 0.137

Age at first sex work (years) 23.8/
23 (18-29)
0.99 [0.96-1.03] 0.734 0.96 [0.93-0.99] 0.006 0.97 [0.92-1.03] 0.269

Duration of sex work (years) 6.5/
5 (2-10)
1.01 [0.96-1.05] 0.744 1.00 [0.95-1.06] 0.892 0.99 [0.95-1.04] 0.786

ENVIRONMENTAL

District
Belgaum
Bellary
Bangalore

26.8 (208)
25.6 (198)
47.6 (369)

0.54 [0.30-1.00]
0.82 [0.41-1.63]
1.0 (ref)

0.124

1.34 [0.81-2.23]
1.58 [0.91-2.73]
1.0 (ref)

0.237

0.89 [0.32-2.43]
2.50 [0.89-7.04]
1.0 (ref)

0.005

Literate (versus cannot read/write) 27.2 (227) 1.47 [0.84-2.58] 0.177 1.67 [1.05-2.64] 0.029 2.27 [1.02-5.05] 0.044

Sex work sole income (versus has other paid work) 35.0 (301) 0.73 [0.45-1.17] 0.186 0.86 [0.57-1.30] 0.468 0.75 [0.32-1.78] 0.519

Independent solicitation (versus solicitation by a manager) 77.4 (555) 0.84 [0.47-1.48] 0.543 0.89 [0.54-1.47] 0.640 1.38 [0.52-3.65] 0.523

Typology
Brothel
Public places
Home

18.2 (182)
55.6 (348)
26.2 (245)

0.55 [0.28-1.06]
0.93 [0.52-1.65]
1.0 (ref)

0.161

1.09 [0.58-2.07]
0.68 [0.41-1.11]
1.0 (ref)

0.142

0.88 [0.42-1.83]
0.66 [0.25-1.71]
1.0 (ref)

0.689

INTERVENTION EXPOSURE

Ever contacted by intervention staff (versus not ever contacted) 85.5 (632) 2.88 [1.56-5.32] <0.001 2.23 [1.31-3.82] 0.003 1.06 [0.42-2.68] 0.901

Had a condom demonstration by intervention staff (versus never had a condom demonstration) 82.0 (591) 3.37 [1.93-5.88] <0.001 2.45 [1.37-4.39] 0.003 1.00 [0.40-2.48] 0.992

Duration since first contacted by intervention staff
Has not been contacted
Less than one year (greater than zero)
One year
Two to three years
Test for trends

15.4 (143)
36.1 (240)
28.0 (198)
20.6 (154)

1.0 (ref)
3.38 [1.65-6.92]
2.08 [1.04-4.18]
3.47 [1.64-7.33]

0.004



0.058

1.0 (ref)
1.69 [0.94-3.04]
2.37 [1.23 -4.55]
2.85 [1.45-5.59]

0.012



0.004

1.0 (ref)
0.65 [0.19-2.29]
1.41 [0.61-3.28]
1.51 [0.65-3.50]

0.464



0.165

Number of times contacted by intervention staff
Zero
Five or fewer (greater than zero)
Greater than five
Test for trends

15.1 (146)
63.2 (486)
21.7 (137)

1.0 (ref)
2.55 [1.36-4.78]
3.38 [1.32-8.66]

0.006


0.075

1.0 (ref)
2.54 [1.47-4.42]
1.80 [0.62-5.27]

0.003


0.821

1.0 (ref)
1.20 [0.53-2.75]
0.85 [0.23-3.15]

0.507


0.603

Number of condom demos seen past month by staff
Zero
One
Two
Three or greater
Test for trends

18.0 (160)
23.0 (183)
22.2 (180)
36.8 (228)

1.0 (ref)
1.99 [1.10-3.61]
4.72 [2.28-9.77]
4.48 [1.96-10.28]

<0.001



0.001

1.0 (ref)
1.77 [0.90-3.49]
4.51 [2.37-8.60]
2.23 [1.11-4.49]

<0.001



0.099

1.0 (ref)
1.09 [0.49-2.43]
2.08 [0.94-4.61]
0.73 [0.21-2.46]

0.130



0.499

Condoms used in all occasions of sexual intercourse with clients in the most recent day worked 81.7 (585)

Consistent condom use with all occasional clients 69.5 (530)

Consistent condom use with most recent repeat client 57.5 (269)

Consistent condom use with most recent non-paying partner 31.1 (68)

Consistent condom use with husband/cohabiting partner 9.6 (40)

1Not all of the outcomes have the same denominator, as the sample was subset to women with different types of partners for each outcome; condoms used in all occasions of sexual intercourse with clients in the most recent day worked has a smaller denominator than consistent condom use with all occasional clients because of missing data in the former outcome.

2Consistent condom use is defined as reporting always (100%) using condoms.

3The total N for each factor may not add up to 775 due to missing values.