Table 1. Baseline demographics and characteristics of female sex workers (FSWs),Guangxi Province, China; China National CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data, 2010–2012,N = 51,790.
| FSWs | 2010–2012 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Characteristics | N = 51790 | N = 16155 | N = 17615 | N = 18020 | p-value |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | ||||
| Mean | 29.1+/-7.7 | 28.0+/-7.3 | 28.8+/-7.6 | 30.3+/-7.8 | |
| < 35 | 41284(79.7) | 13547(83.9) | 14130(80.2) | 13607(75.5) | |
| ≥36 | 10506(20.3) | 2608(16.1) | 3485(19.8) | 4413(24.5) | |
| Category of FSW* | <0.001 | ||||
| High tier | 5477(10.6) | 1756(10.9) | 2007(11.4) | 1714(9.5) | |
| Mid tier | 23170(44.7) | 6591(40.8) | 8761(49.7) | 7818(43.4) | |
| Low tier | 20364(39.3) | 5095(31.5) | 6829(38.8) | 8440(46.8) | |
| Birth province | 0.478 | ||||
| Guangxi | 39584(76.4) | 12345(76.4) | 13512(76.7) | 13727(76.2) | |
| Other | 12073(23.3) | 3765(23.3) | 4051(23.0) | 4257(23.6) | |
| Ethnicity | <0.001 | ||||
| Han | 29270(56.5) | 9264(57.3) | 9923(56.3) | 10083(56.0) | |
| Zhuang | 16995(32.8) | 5268(32.6) | 5943(33.7) | 5784(32.0) | |
| Other | 4774(9.2) | 1404(8.7) | 1464(8.3) | 1906(10.6) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | ||||
| Single | 20581(39.7) | 7258(44.9) | 7288(41.4) | 6035(33.5) | |
| Married/Couple | 29285(56.5) | 8433(52.2) | 9776(55.5) | 11076(61.5) | |
| Divorced/ Widowed | 1825(3.5) | 439(2.7) | 498(2.8) | 888(4.9) | |
| Education level | <0.001 | ||||
| ≥ High school | 5919(11.4) | 2042(12.6) | 2146(12.2) | 1731(9.6) | |
| Junior High school | 28611(55.2) | 9125(56.5) | 9764(55.4) | 9722(54.0) | |
| ≤Elementary school | 17110(33.0) | 4937(30.6) | 5634(32.0) | 6539(36.3) | |
| Ever used drugs | 1271(2.5) | 478(3.0) | 486(2.8) | 307(1.7) | <0.001 |
| Ever injected drugs | 196(0.4) | 68(0.4) | 71(0.4) | 57(0.3) | 0.233 |
Note: FSW = Female Sex Worker
*Some missing records in the dataset for tiers classification, so could not make 3 tiers to be 100%.