Table 4.

Correlates of VCT uptake among FSWs

	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Variables	Univariate	Multivariate
Demographics
Age (years)	1.03 (1.01; 1.06)***
Education level (secondary vs. elementary)	1.05 (0.77; 1.44)	3.41 (0.58; 19.93)
Marital status (ref = single)
– Living with husband or partner	2.29 (1.39; 3.78)***
– Divorced, separated, or widowed	1.34 (0.96; 1.88)*
Characteristics of sex work
Type of sex work (ESW vs. SSW)	0.60 (0.37; 0.98)**	1.50 (0.20; 11.29)
Duration of selling sex (years)	1.03 (0.98; 1.07)	1.38 (1.01; 1.89)**
Working at other place or province (yes vs. no)	1.09 (0.78; 1.53)
Number of clients in the last month (>16 clients vs. <16 clients)	0.70 (0.50; 0.98)**
Risk behaviors
Ever injected drug (yes vs. no)	1.73 (0.51; 5.79)	0.03 (0.00; 0.94)**
Had injecting drug clients (yes vs. no)	0.6 (0.27; 1.33)	0.07 (0.01; 0.44)***
Had injecting drug husband or lover (yes vs. no)	1.21 (0.35; 4.24)
Inconsistent condom use with clients	1.07 (0.74; 1.54)	13.86 (2.25; 85.38)***
Inconsistent condom use with husband	0.8 (0.51; 1.28)	0.10 (0.02; 0.51)***
Perceived risk of HIV infection (yes vs. no)	1.44 (1.00; 2.08)**	1.85 (0.29; 11.65)
Sources of HIV information received
Reading newspaper (yes vs. no)	0.88 (0.65; 1.20)	0.24 (0.03; 1.79)
Listening radio (yes vs. no)	1.70 (1.23; 2.37)***	13.28 (1.69; 104.59)**
Watching Tivi (yes vs. no)	1.57 (0.94; 2.65)*
HIV communication programs (yes vs. no)	1.1 (0.80; 1.53)	6.69 (1.21; 37.05)**

^***p<0.01

^**p<0.05

^*p<0.1.