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. 2014 Dec 22;9(12):e115465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115465

Table 1. Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics among FSW in Swaziland, 2011.

n Crude RDS-adjusted Homophily
Variable Categories (n = observed participants row total) Percent Percent [95% CI]
Age in years 18–20 62 19.6 33.0 [20.2,45.7] 0.254
21–25 100 31.5 30.4 [22.4,38.4] 0.144
26–30 84 26.5 22.8 [13.8,31.7] 0.088
>31 71 22.4 13.9 [08.3,19.5] 0.133
Number of years selling sex Under 2 90 28.8 38.3 [27.5,49.1] 0.190
3–5 98 31.3 32.1 [23.6,40.7] 0.055
6–10 82 26.2 20.2 [13.2,27.1] 0.087
11 or more 43 13.7 9.4 [04.4,14.4] 0.001
Education < =  Primary 104 32.8 32.3 [24.1,40.4] 0.021
> =  Secondary 213 67.2 67.7 [59.6,75.8] 0.005
Marital status Single, never married 278 88.8 90.6 [86.3,94.9] −0.132
Married, cohabitate or widowed 35 11.2 9.4 [05.0,37.4] −0.025
Emp. income other than SW No 212 66.9 73.2 [66.3,80.0] −0.136
Yes 105 33.1 26.8 [19.9,33.7] 0.171
% of total income from SW < = 50% 26 8.5 6.5 [03.1,09.9] −0.022
>50% 280 91.5 93.5 [90.1,96.9] −0.389
Growing up urban vs. rural Urban 154 49.0 45.4 [36.4,54.3] 0.234
Rural 149 47.5 50.4 [41.3,59.5] 0.052
Children None 77 24.4 25.9 [18.7,33.0] −0.026
One 97 30.7 35.6 [27.0,44.2] −0.085
Two 81 25.6 24.5 [16.2,32.8] 0.010
Three or more 61 19.3 14.0 [09.2,18.9] 0.082