TABLE 3—
Factors Associated With Love and Trust Among Female Sex Workers and Their Intimate Partners in Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, México (n = 322; 161 Couples), 2011 to 2012
| Love |
Trust |
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| Characteristics | Women, Unadjusted Coefficient (SE)a | Men, Unadjusted Coefficient (SE)a | Women, Unadjusted Coefficient (SE)a | Men, Unadjusted Coefficient (SE)a |
| Sociodemographics and personal factors | ||||
| Age in years | 0.058 (–0.105, 0.220) | −0.002 (–0.143, 0.140) | 0.013 (–0.090, 0.116) | 0.009 (–0.050, 0.069) |
| Income < $200 per month | −0.812 (–4.117, 2.493) | –3.896 (–8.211, 0.418) | −0.333 (–2.092, 1.427) | –1.612* (–3.064, −0.160) |
| Children aged > 18 years currently live with participants | −2.655 (–6.636, 1.326) | 1.083 (–1.935, 4.101) | −1.673 (–3.667, 0.322) | −0.994 (–2.600, 0.613) |
| Depression score (CESD: 10 items, 30 possible points) | –0.364 (–0.745, 0.017) | –0.392* (–0.755, −0.029) | –0.426** (–0.628, −0.224) | –0.267* (–0.474, −0.060) |
| Relationship factors | ||||
| Married to or in common-law union with partner | 7.340 (4.86, 9.82) | 3.411 (–30.12, 37.02) | 10.515 (8.87, 12.16) | 6.642 (2.21–, 11.07) |
| Duration of steady relationship in years | 0.171 (–0.217, 0.559) | 0.078 (–0.148, 0.304) | 0.008 (–0.186, 0.202) | 0.031 (–0.081, 0.143) |
| Never used condoms for vaginal sex within the steady relationship, past month | 12.811* (0.053, 25.569) | 4.333 (–11.942, 20.608) | 4.96 (–0.149, 10.070) | 1.960 (–3.399, 7.319) |
| Relationship satisfaction score (5 items, 20 possible points) | 2.687** (2.012, 3.363) | 1.955** (1.176, 2.734) | 1.253** (0.861, 1.645) | 0.948** (0.622, 1.273) |
| Perpetrated conflict within relationship, past 6 mob | −0.791 (–4.315, 2.734) | −0.789 (–3.388, 1.809) | –2.577** (–4.241, −0.913) | –1.439* (–2.712, −0.167) |
| Victim of conflict within relationship, past 6 mob | –3.247 (–6.584, 0.089) | –2.952* (–5.507, 0.396) | –3.013** (–4.669, −1.358) | –2.094** (–3.350, −0.839) |
| Drug abuse behaviors, past 6 mo | ||||
| Used heroin | 2.844 (–0.320, 6.007) | −0.475 (–2.940, 1.990) | 1.267 (–0.535, 3.070) | 0.462 (–0.784, 1.709) |
| Used methamphetamine | –8.347** (–14.066, −2.628) | –8.521** (–13.134, −3.908) | –1.957 (–4.241, 0.328) | –3.270** (–5.225, −1.315) |
| Used cocaine | −2.327 (–8.675, 4.021) | 0.545 (–3.402, 4.492) | −3.375 (–7.588, 0.839) | 1.258 (–0.273, 2.790) |
| Used crack | 3.400 (–2.981, 9.782) | 0.678 (–1.881, 3.236) | 1.279 (–2.292, 4.850) | 0.432 (–1.569, 2.434) |
| Injected any drugs | 1.998 (–1.189, 5.185) | −0.730 (–3.247, 1.788) | 0.966 (–0.766, 2.699) | 0.327 (–0.890, 1.543) |
| Shared syringes within steady relationship | 0.243 (–4.141, 4.627) | −0.359 (–3.447, 2.729) | 0.349 (–2.226, 2.925) | 0.622 (–1.659, 2.903) |
| Shared syringes outside steady relationship | –11.977** (–18.260, −5.693) | −3.789 (–10.680, 3.103) | –3.749 (–7.978, 0.480) | –4.315** (–7.370, −1.260) |
| Sexual risk behaviors | ||||
| Has other “steady” concurrent partners, past year | −6.467 (–14.539, 1.604) | –10.519* (–20.677, −0.362) | −1.758 (–5.586, 2.071) | −1.236 (–8.332, 5.860) |
| Male partner had any casual outside sexual partners, past 6 mo | –7.32 (–15.682, 1.026) | –6.839 (–11.130, −2.549) | −2.167 (–6.112, 1.779) | –2.888* (–4.767, −1.009) |
| FSW rarely or never used condoms with clients, past month | –4.561* (–8.461, −0.662) | −1.718 (–4.797, 1.361) | –2.269* (–4.214, −0.324) | −0.271 (–1.509, 0.968) |
Note. CESD = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale; FSW = female sex worker.
a
Bootstrapped SEs.
b
Conflict Tactics Scale subscales (combined) for any past-year psychological aggression, physical assault, injury, and sexual coercion within relationships.
*P < .05; **P < .01 for associations with dependent variables (love and trust).