Table 2.
Uptake of voluntary counseling and testing and sexual behaviors of street-based sex workers before and after intervention, Chongqing, Southwest of China, 2008.
| Uptake of Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Sexual Behaviors | Before Intervention n (%) | After Intervention n (%) | Chi-2 P- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 100 | n = 112 | Value | Value | |
| Uptake of VCT | ||||
| Know where and how to find VCT | 16 (16.0) | 38 (33.9) | 8.95 | 0.003 |
| Participate in voluntary HIV consultation in the last month | 2 (2.0) | 18 (16.1) | 12.24 | 0.001 |
| Participate in voluntary HIV test in the last month | 2 (2.0) | 17 (15.2) | 11.25 | 0.001 |
| Sexual behaviors | ||||
| Frequency of sex with husband or regular partner in last month | -- | -- | 29.27 | <0.001 |
| Once or more per week | 63 (63.0) | 33 (29.5) | -- | -- |
| Less than once per week | 25 (25.0) | 34 (30.4) | -- | -- |
| None | 12 (12.0) | 45 (40.2) | -- | -- |
| Condom use with husband or regular partner in the last month a | -- | -- | 1.50 | 0.683 |
| Never | 40 (45.5) | 24 (35.8) | -- | -- |
| Sometimes | 26 (30.0) | 24 (35.8) | -- | -- |
| Most of the time | 12 (13.6) | 10 (14.9) | -- | -- |
| Every time | 10 (11.4) | 9 (13.4) | -- | -- |
| Frequency of commercial sex with male clients in the last week | -- | -- | 4175.00 | 0.005 b |
| 1–5 | 34 (35.0) | 12 (10.7) | -- | -- |
| 6–10 | 17 (18.0) | 22 (19.6) | -- | -- |
| 11–15 | 14 (12.0) | 24 (21.4) | -- | -- |
| 16–20 | 12 (13.0) | 23 (20.5) | -- | -- |
| 21–25 | 1 (1.0) | 14 (12.5) | -- | -- |
| 26–30 | 11 (11.0) | 10 (8.9) | -- | -- |
| >30 | 7 (7.0) | 7 (6.3) | -- | -- |
| missing | 4 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | -- | -- |
| Condom use with clients in the last month | -- | -- | 25.56 | <0.001 |
| Never | 13 (13.0) | 5 (4.5) | -- | -- |
| Sometimes | 50 (50.0) | 46 (41.1) | -- | -- |
| Most of the time | 7 (7.0) | 37 (33.0) | -- | -- |
| Every time | 26 (26.0) | 23 (20.5) | -- | -- |
| missing | 4 (4.0) | 1 (0.9) | -- | -- |
| Condom use in the last commercial sex act | -- | -- | 1.44 | 0.230 |
| Yes | 59 (59.0) | 75 (67.0) | -- | -- |
| No | 41 (41.0) | 37 (33.0) | -- | -- |
| Reasons of not using condom in the last commercial sex act c | -- | -- | 12.96 | 0.005 |
| Client refuses to use it | 19 (46.3) | 19 (51.4) | -- | -- |
| SSW regard it as unnecessary | 7 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Inaccessibility of condom(fail to purchase, too expensive) | 3 | 10 | -- | -- |
| Others | 12 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Where do you purchase most of your condoms? | -- | -- | 2.67 | 0.614 |
| Hospitals | 2 (2.0) | 2 (1.8) | -- | -- |
| Pharmacy | 56 (56.0) | 65 (58.0) | -- | -- |
| Private clinic | 3 (3.0) | 8 (7.1) | -- | -- |
| Sex shops | 6 (6.0) | 4 (3.6) | -- | -- |
| Others | 33 (33.0) | 33 (29.5) | -- | -- |
a This question was asked among SSW who reported having sex with their husband or regular partner in the last week only, the sampling sizes were 88 and 67 before and after intervention respectively. b Frequency of commercial sex is not a continuous indicator, the median numbers of sexual acts before and after intervention were 10 (interquatile range: 5–10) and 15 (interquatile range:10–23.5) respectively, Mann-Whitney non-parametric test was used for this indicator instead of Chi-2 test. This p-value corresponds to an analysis based on the original data. c This question was asked among 41 and 33 participants who indicated not using condom in the last commercial sex act before and after intervention. Fisher's exact test was used to compare reasons in the two surveys. “Others” include forgetting to use condom, having used other contraceptive methods and so on.