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. 2014 Feb 13;14:158. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-158

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants by working venues (%)

Characteristics Domestic servers Factory workers Street vendors Catering/hotel server Construction workers Day laborers Entertainment workers Total
Total respondents
 106
 448
 432
 441
 448
 435
 443
 2753
Age (year)a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
< = 24
 8.5
 35.7
 34.3
 65.5
 8.0
 7.6
 59.1
 34.0
25 ~ 34
 20.8
 34.6
 28.9
 22.7
 25.4
 35.4
 32.7
 29.6
35 ~ 44
 54.7
 23.2
 26.2
 8.8
 40.4
 44.6
 5.4
 25.9
45~
 16.0
 6.5
 10.6
 2.9
 26.1
 12.4
 2.7
 10.5
Sexb
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Male
 13.2
 52.7
 39.4
 40.8
 92.6
 74.3
 18.3
 51.5
Female
 86.8
 47.3
 60.6
 59.2
 7.4
 25.7
 81.7
 48.5
Monthly income (yuan)a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
<1000
 92.5
 48.4
 61.4
 77.1
 42.5
 81.3
 44.9
 60.4
1000 ~ 1500
 6.6
 33.9
 16.2
 14.5
 29.2
 14.3
 22.1
 21.2
> = 1500
 0.9
 17.6
 22.5
 8.4
 28.3
 4.4
 33.0
 18.4
Education levela
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Primary school or lower
 34.9
 12.5
 17.2
 5.2
 35.9
 33.3
 9.7
 19.6
Middle school
 53.8
 61.2
 55.2
 57.1
 49.3
 52.4
 60.0
 55.8
High school or above
 11.3
 26.3
 27.6
 37.6
 14.7
 14.3
 30.3
 24.6
Marital status
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Unmarried
 8.5
 35.3
 32.6
 64.2
 14.3
 16.1
 52.4
 34.8
Married
 91.5
 64.7
 67.4
 35.8
 85.7
 83.9
 47.6
 65.2
Live with spouseb
 96
 290
 289
 154
 373
 354
 202
 1758
Yes
 59.4
 67.9
 86.2
 61.7
 42.4
 54.8
 58.9
 60.8
No
 40.6
 32.1
 13.8
 38.3
 57.6
 45.2
 41.1
 39.2
Migrant citiesa
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
0
 58.5
 53.1
 51.6
 55.3
 30.6
 36.8
 49.7
 46.6
1
 21.7
 25.9
 22.9
 22.9
 15.0
 21.8
 26.4
 22.4
> = 2
 19.8
 21.0
 25.5
 21.8
 54.5
 41.4
 23.9
 30.9
Work yearsa
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
<=6
 43.4
 49.8
 45.8
 68.0
 30.8
 36.1
 65.5
 49.1
>6
 56.6
 50.2
 54.2
 32.0
 69.2
 63.9
 34.5
 50.9
AIDS/HIV knowledge scorea
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
0-5
 56.1
 38.3
 39.3
 38.6
 49.7
 43.2
 37.1
 41.4
6-8
 43.9
 61.7
 60.7
 61.4
 50.3
 56.8
 62.9
 58.6
Work with AIDS patienta
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Unwilling
 65.3
 45.2
 45.8
 41.9
 60.2
 61.9
 42.8
 49.8
Willing but have no touch
 23.5
 30.9
 27.7
 30.0
 21.5
 24.3
 29.6
 27.4
Willing
 11.2
 19.4
 21.2
 26.2
 16.5
 11.9
 23.9
 19.8
Confused
 0.0
 4.4
 5.3
 1.9
 1.8
 1.9
 3.6
 3.1
Commercial sexa
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Agree
 0.0
 1.8
 0.5
 2.6
 4.6
 2.1
 3.6
 2.4
Disagree
 84.8
 75.5
 76.6
 75.3
 62.8
 72.5
 58.1
 70.9
Not care about
 15.2
 22.7
 23.0
 22.1
 32.6
 25.4
 38.3
 26.7
Casual sexa
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Agree
 0.0
 4.9
 3.9
 11.4
 6.7
 6.2
 9.1
 6.7
Disagree
 84.6
 65.2
 62.0
 57.0
 55.7
 66.6
 54.7
 61.3
Not care about 15.4 29.9 34.1 31.6 37.6 27.2 36.3 32.0

Note: ameans P < 0.01; bmeans P < 0.05.