Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics and STI/HIV prevalence among female sex workers (FSW) coming for the first time to the clinics compared with FSW coming for a routine visit.
| All FSW | FSW coming for the first time | FSW on a routine visit | P (§) | |
| N = 1110 | N = 510 | N = 600 | ||
| SW center (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Abidjan, Marcory | 223 (20.1) | 61 (12.0) | 162 (27.0) | |
| Abidjan, Yopougon | 220 (19.8) | 106 (20.8) | 114 (19.0) | |
| San Pedro | 221 (19.9) | 78 (15.3) | 143 (23.8) | |
| Yamoussoukro | 225 (20.3) | 152 (29.8) | 114 (19.0) | |
| Gagnoa | 221 (19.9) | 113 (22.2) | 108 (18.0) | |
| Median age, yrs (IQR) | 25 (20–30) | 22 (19–27) | 27 (22–34) | <0.001 |
| Country of origin (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 922 (83,1) | 459 (90.0) | 463 (77.2) | |
| Nigeria | 31 (2,8) | 6 (1.2) | 25 (4.2) | |
| Liberia | 63 (5,7) | 13 (2.5) | 50 (8.3) | |
| Ghana | 71 (6,4) | 21 (4.1) | 50 (8.3) | |
| Other | 23 (2,1) | 11 (2.2) | 12 (2.0) | |
| Schooling level (%) | 0.63 | |||
| None | 407 (36.7) | 185 (36.3) | 222 (37.0) | |
| Primary school | 342 (30.8) | 160 (31.4) | 182 (30.3) | |
| Secondary school | 331 (29.8) | 148 (29.0) | 183 (30.5) | |
| Higher | 30 (2.7) | 17 (3.3) | 13 (2.2) | |
| Regular partner or boyfriend (%) | 830 (74.9) | 402 (79.0) | 428 (71.4) | 0.004 |
| Median duration of sex work (years) | 2 (1–5) | 2 (0–3) | 3 (2–5) | <0.001 |
| Median nb clients last working day | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–4) | 0.02 |
| Median price paid by last client (in US $) | 4 (2–10) | 4 (2–10) | 4 (2–10) | 0.73 |
| Condom use with last client (%) | 863 (77.7) | 376 (73.7) | 487 (81.2) | 0.003 |
| Consistent condom use with clients*(%) | 779 (72.6) | 332 (66.9) | 447 (77.5) | <0.001 |
| Use of lubricant gel (%) | 213 (19.2) | 58 (11.4) | 155 (25.8) | <0.001 |
| Consistent condom use with regular partner**(%) | 125 (26.4) | 52 (23.3) | 73 (29.2) | 0.15 |
| Drug use (%) | 0.60 | |||
| None | 1082 (97.5) | 499 (97.8) | 583 (97.2) | |
| Injectable | 1 (0,1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Non injected hard drugs | 1 (0,1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Soft drugs | 26 (2.3) | 11 (2.2) | 15 (2.5) | |
| HIV test in the past (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Never | 486 (43.9) | 331 (64.9) | 155 (25.9) | |
| Once | 326 (29.4) | 99 (19.4) | 227 (38.0) | |
| Two times | 169 (15.2) | 46 (9.0) | 123 (20.6) | |
| At least three times | 127 (11.5) | 34 (6.7) | 93 (15.5) | |
| N. gonorrhoeae (NG) | 56 (5,1) | 28 (5,5) | 28 (4.7) | 0.53 |
| C. trachomatis (CT) | 58 (5,2) | 40 (7,9) | 18 (3.0) | <0.001 |
| T. vaginalis (TV) | 139 (12,9) | 72 (14,5) | 67 (11.5) | 0.15 |
| NG or CT | 101 (9,1) | 60 (11,8) | 41 (6.9) | 0.004 |
| NG or CT or TV | 221 (20,6) | 122 (24,6) | 99 (17.1) | 0.002 |
| HIV | 266 (26,6) | 78 (17,5) | 188 (33.9) | <0.001 |
§
Chi square or Kruskal Wallis test.
*
Consistent condom use with clients during last working day.
**
Consistent condom use with regular partner during last week.
Note: some of the numbers don't add up to the totals because of missing values.