Table 5.

Relationship between condom breakage and HIV infection among female sex workers participating in the integrated biological and behavioural survey, Benin, 2012

Variables	HIV+ (%)	APR‡ (95% CI*)	P-value
Condom breakage
None	21.51	1.00	-
At least one	21.05	1.03 (0.69 – 1.53)	0.882
Sex work typology
Brothel-based	17.4	1.00	-
Brothel-based	26.4	1.91 (1.06 – 3.43)	0.031
Other	18.4	1.37 (0.77 – 2.45)	0.283
Duration in sex work
Less than two years	19.6	1.00	-
At least two years	21.2	1.14 (0.76 – 1.71)	0.520
Literacy
Being literate	18.2	1.00	-
Being illiterate	24.6	1.31 (0.98 – 1.75)	0.067
Regular partners (last week)
None	22.6	1.00	-
At least one	14.4	0.74 (0.51 – 1.06)	0.104
Number of clients (last week)
Less than 15 clients	18.7	1.00	-
At least 15 clients	23.9	0.87 (0.64 – 1.18)	0.370
Condom use
Inconsistent	13.5	1.00	-
Consistent	24.6	1.55 (1.06 – 2.26)	0.024
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Negative	20.0	1.00	-
Positive	26.2	1.02 (0.69 – 1.73)	0.955
STI history
No	21.2	1.00	-
Yes	17.6	0.90 (0.62 – 1.33)	0.607

^‡APR, Adjusted prevalence ratio of HIV infection (adjusted for all the variables listed in the table);

^*CI, Confidence interval.