Table 3.
A comparison of perceived difficulties in using condoms with main sex partners and casual sex partners comparing those with a history of transactional sex to those with no history of transactional sex in Changsha and Kunshan
| Total N (%) Any Partner | N (%) Main Partner | N (%) Casual Partner | N (%) Sex Work Client† |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | History of Transactional Sex |
No History of Transactional Sex | p-value | Total | History of Transactional Sex |
No History of Transactional Sex |
p-value | Total | History of ransactional Sex |
No History of Transactional Sex |
p-value | Total | |
| N (%) with this type of partner | 487 (100%) | 117 (24.0%) | 370 (76.0%) | 447 (100%) | 92 (20.6%) | 355 (79.4%) | 249 (100%) | 94 (37.8%) | 155 (62.2%) | 60 (100%) | |||
| I had no problem using condoms with partner | 260 (32.1%) | 50 (37.9%) | 210 (31%) | 0.127 | 222 (56.9%) | 32 (38.6%) | 190 (61.9%) | <0.001 | 107 (50.5%) | 35 (40.2%) | 72 (57.6%) | 0.017 | 12 (20.0%) |
| My partner refuses to use condoms | 63 (7.8%) | 38 (28.8%) | 25 (3.7%) | <0.001 | 48 (12.3%) | 28 (33.7%) | 20 (6.5%) | <0.001 | 34 (16%) | 25 (28.7%) | 9 (7.2%) | <0.001 | 35 (58.3%) |
| My partner does not like the feel of sex with condoms | 74 (9.1%) | 19 (14.4%) | 55 (8.1%) | 0.031 | 57 (14.6%) | 11 (13.3%) | 46 (15%) | 0.861 | 37 (17.5%) | 13 (14.9%) | 24 (19.2%) | 0.466 | 9 (15%) |
| I do not like the feel of sex with condoms | 82 (10.1%) | 27 (20.5%) | 55 (8.1%) | <0.001 | 70 (17.9%) | 19 (22.9%) | 51 (16.6%) | 0.198 | 34 (16%) | 17 (19.5%) | 17 (13.6%) | 0.259 | 5 (8.3%) |
| I do not have enough confidence to ask my partner to use a condom | 20 (2.5%) | 9 (6.8%) | 11 (1.6%) | 0.002 | 15 (3.8%) | 6 (7.2%) | 9 (2.9%) | 0.101 | 9 (4.2%) | 5 (5.7%) | 4 (3.2%) | 0.492 | 2 (3.3%) |
| I did not know how to use condoms | 10 (1.2%) | 3 (2.3%) | 7 (1.0%) | 0.214 | 8 (2.1%) | 2 (2.4%) | 6 (2.0%) | 0.680 | 5 (2.4%) | 2 (2.3%) | 3 (2.4%) | 1.000 | 2 (3.3%) |
| It is difficult to get condoms | 6 (0.7%) | 2 (1.5%) | 4 (0.6%) | 0.254 | 4 (1.0%) | 1 (1.2%) | 3 (1.0%) | 1.000 | 2 (0.9%) | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1.000 | 3 (5.0%) |
| I do not think condoms are effective in preventing diseases, such as HIV and other STIs | 13 (1.6%) | 3 (2.3%) | 10 (1.5%) | 0.455 | 12 (3.1%) | 2 (2.4%) | 10 (3.3%) | 1.000 | 4 (1.9%) | 1 (1.1%) | 3 (2.4%) | 0.646 | 3 (5.0%) |
| I do not think condoms are effective in preventing pregnancy | 12 (1.5%) | 3 (2.3%) | 9 (1.3%) | 0.425 | 6 (1.5%) | 1 (1.2%) | 5 (1.6%) | 1.000 | 7 (3.3%) | 2 (2.3%) | 5 (4.0%) | 0.703 | 2 (3.3%) |
a
p-values obtained from Fisher’s Exact Test
†
Participants from Kunshan were not asked this question