Table 1.
Demographic and sex-work background characteristics by unprotected sex with clients.
| Total (N=348)
|
Unprotected sex with clients (N=111, 31.9%)
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | |
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Age (M, SD) | 29.0 (6.1) | 29.5 (6.5) | 1.02 (0.98–1.06) |
| Always use condom with clients | 28.8 (5.9) | – | |
| 18–20 years | 27 (7.8) | 11 (40.7) | – |
| 21–30 years | 191 (54.9) | 53 (27.7) | 0.56 (0.24–1.28) |
| 31–40 years | 117 (33.6) | 44 (37.6) | 0.88 (0.37–2.06) |
| 41–50 years | 13 (3.7) | 3 (23.1) | 0.44 (0.01–1.96) |
| Education | |||
| Primary school | 83 (23.8) | 29 (34.9) | – |
| Middle school | 169 (48.6) | 50 (29.6) | 0.81 (0.52–1.28) |
| Completed high school | 96 (27.6) | 28 (29.2) | 0.84 (0.50–1.40) |
| Origin of migration | |||
| Rural town | 236 (67.8) | 72 (30.5) | – |
| County-level city | 84 (24.1) | 30 (35.7) | 1.26 (0.75–2.11) |
| Provincial capital | 28 (8.0) | 9 (32.1) | 1.01 (0.44–2.32) |
| Length of stay in Beijing | |||
| <1 year | 112 (32.2) | 26 (23.2) | – |
| >1 year | 236 (67.8) | 85 (36.0) | 1.86 (1.12–3.11)* |
| Relationship status | |||
| Single | 105 (30.2) | 25 (23.8) | – |
| Divorced | 83 (23.9) | 22 (26.5) | 0.71 (0.41–1.24) |
| Cohabitation | 70 (20.1) | 36 (51.4) | 2.87 (1.67–4.91)*** |
| Married | 90 (25.9) | 28 (31.1) | 0.95 (0.57–1.60) |
| Sex-work background | |||
| Type of sex work | |||
| Entertainment | 191 (54.9) | 61 (31.9) | – |
| Personal-service | 99 (28.4) | 31 (31.3) | 0.96 (0.58–1.59) |
| Street/brothel-based | 58 (16.7) | 19 (32.8) | 1.05 (0.58–1.91) |
| Monthly incomea | |||
| <450 USD | 145 (41.7) | 40 (27.6) | – |
| 450–750 USD | 98 (28.2) | 35 (35.7) | 1.27 (0.78–2.08) |
| >750 USD | 105 (30.2) | 36 (34.3) | 1.17 (0.72–1.90) |
| Length of sex work** | |||
| <1 year | 175 (50.3) | 41 (23.4) | – |
| >1 year | 173 (49.7) | 70 (40.5) | 2.22 (1.40–3.53)*** |
| Considered sex work as ‘job’ | 200 (57.5) | 65 (32.5) | 1.07 (0.68–1.69) |
| No | 148 (42.5) | 46 (31.1) | |
| STI symptoms | 275 (79.0) | 94 (34.2) | 1.71 (0.94–3.11) |
| No | 73 (21.0) | 17 (23.3) | |
| Drug use | 28 (8.0) | 11 (39.3) | 1.42 (0.64–3.15) |
| No | 320 (92.0) | 100 (31.3) | |
| Arrested by police | 109 (31.3) | 34 (31.2) | 0.95 (0.59–1.55) |
| No | 239 (68.7) | 77 (32.2) | |
| HIV Knowledge* M (SD) | 10.2 (2.9) | 9.6 (2.6) | 0.90 (0.83–0.98)* |
| Always use condom with clients | 10.3 (2.8) | – | |
*
p <0.05;
**
p <0.01;
***
p <0.001.
a
1000 Chinese Yuan Renminbi (RMB) = 150 US Dollars (USD).