. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 20.

Published in final edited form as: Asia Pac J Public Health. 2013 Jan 22;26(2):138–146. doi: 10.1177/1010539512471969

Table 2.

Factors Associated With Sex Work Among Female Bar and Spa Workers in the Philippines (n = 482)

	Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age	0.30 (0.16–0.55)^a	0.94 (0.90–0.98)^a
Education (higher education vs high school degree or less)^b	0.39 (0.24–0.61)^a	0.50 (0.30–0.82)^a
Alcohol use (current)
Not daily (vs none)	1.90 (1.25–2.89)^a	0.84 (0.49–1.44)
Daily (vs none)	1.20 (0.66–2.19)	0.23 (0.10–0.54)^a
Drinks with venue patrons	1.23 (1.09–1.40)^a	1.93 (1.10–3.42)^a
Alcohol intoxicated during sex (partner unspecified)	1.66 (1.31–2.10)^a	2.02 (1.18–3.45)^a
Drug use (time frame unspecified)
Methamphetamines (shabu) (vs none)	4.86(2.50–9.44)^a	2.88 (1.33–6.23)^a
Other drugs (vs none)	0.73 (0.19–2.75)	0.40 (0.09–1.70)
Sexual abuse (during lifetime)	4.10 (2.57–6.55)^a	3.47 (2.06–5.86)^a

Significant at the P < .05 level.

10th grade = high school diploma in the Philippines.