Table 1. Enrollment Characteristics of 1,513 HIV-Seronegative Women.
Variable * | N (%) |
Risk Behavior Category | |
No Partner | 402 (26.7) |
One Partner, Protected | 411 (27.3) |
One Partner, Unprotected | 379 (25.1) |
Multiple Partners, Protected | 236 (15.7) |
Multiple Partners, Unprotected | 79 (5.2) |
Year category | |
1993–1995 | 487 (32.2) |
1996–1998 | 409 (27.0) |
1999–2001 | 187 (12.4) |
2002–2004 | 237 (15.7) |
2005–2007 | 193 (12.8) |
Workplace | |
Bar or guesthouse | 1106 (73.1) |
Nightclub | 336 (22.2) |
Home-based or other | 71 (4.7) |
Charge category | |
Non-monetary exchange | 602 (39.9) |
Low charge | 570 (37.8) |
Medium charge | 138 (9.2) |
High charge | 197 (13.1) |
Duration of sex work at enrollment | |
≤1 year | 852 (56.6) |
>1–<4 years | 315 (20.9) |
≥4 years | 338 (22.5) |
Age at enrollment | |
<23 years | 361 (23.9) |
23–26 years | 383 (25.3) |
27–30 years | 340 (22.5) |
>30 years | 428 (28.3) |
Education category | |
Less than primary school | 361 (23.9) |
Completed primary school | 599 (39.6) |
Secondary school or higher | 552 (36.5) |
Muslim religion | 191 (12.6) |
Alcohol use | 1169 (77.3) |
DMPA use | 328 (21.7) |
Pregnancy | 35 (2.3) |
Cervicitis | 210 (14.0) |
Vaginitis | 754 (50.1) |
Herpes simplex virus type 2 | 1226 (81.7) |
Douching behavior | |
No douching | 83 (5.5) |
Douching with water | 347 (22.9) |
Douching with soap | 1083 (71.6) |
N.B.: The number of observations with missing data was at most 18 (1.2%).