Table 1.

Demographic Characteristic of Study Participants

	Survey Interview							Qualitative Interview
	Massage parlor (n=60)	Bar/Club (n=99)	Brothel (n=20)	Street (n=26)	Total (n=205)	χ 2	F	Total (n=50)
	%	%	%	%	%			%
Age (mean; years)	24.7	26.9	37.6	31.4	27.9		22.19**	30.4
Marital status						28.73**a
Single	36.7	13.1	0	19.2	19.5			10.2
Married	31.7	21.2	50.0	30.8	28.3			12.2
Divorced/Separated/ Widowed	31.7	65.7	50.0	50.0	52.2			77.6
Education						13.89*b
Less than high school	61.7	67.7	100.0	84.6	71.2			95.8
High school/Vocational school graduate	36.7	30.3	0	15.4	27.3			4.2
College graduate	1.7	2.0	0	0	1.5			0
Monthly income						74.74**c
<12,000 Baht (< $362)	5.0	2.0	15.0	26.9	7.3			61.2
12,001 – 24,000 Baht (≈ $362 - $724)	8.3	12.1	65.0	26.9	18.0			28.6
24,001 – 40,000 Baht (≈ $725 - $1,207)	31.7	45.5	20.0	15.4	35.1			6.1
40,001 – 60,000 Baht (≈ $1,208 - $1,811)	21.7	25.3	0	19.2	21.0			4.1
> 60,001 Baht (> $1,812)	33.3	15.2	0	11.5	18.5			0
Working condition
Work hours per day	9.5	7.2	11.2	6.9	8.2		39.18**	8.8
Work days per week	4.8	6.6	6.1	5.0	5.8		38.25**	6.8
Number of customers per week	13.3	8.0	30.7	8.1	11.8		55.68**	14.3
Having occupation other than sex work	13.3	12.2	20.0	34.6	16.2	8.21*d		n/a
Willing to have unprotected sex for extra money	88.3	83.8	90.0	84.6	85.9	ns
Sent money to family	93.3	92.9	75.0	61.5	87.3	23.12**d		n/a
STI diagnosis in the past 12 months
Chlamydia	94.9	90.6	90.0	84.6	91.0	ns
Vaginal Candidiasis	91.5	83.3	75.0	69.2	83.1	ns
Gonorrhea	10.2	28.1	26.3	19.2	21.5	ns
Genital Herpes	16.9	19.8	25.0	23.1	19.9	ns

Note. n/a = not applicable, ns = non significant.

^aphi = .37.

^bphi = .26.

^cphi = .60.

^dphi = .20.

^ephi = .34.

^*p<.05.

^**p<.001.