Table 2.
Profile of mobile FSWs in the study’s four high-HIV-prevalence Indian states (N=5498)
| Andhra Pradesh (N=1533) | Karanataka (N=1500) | Maharashtra (N=1189) | Tamil Nadu (N=1276) | Total (N=5498) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background characteristics | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) |
| Current age (years) | |||||
| ≤30 | 58.2 (892) | 92.7 (1390) | 68.5 (814) | 34.6 (442) | 64.4 (3538) |
| 31+ | 41.8 (641) | 7.3 (110) | 31.5 (375) | 65.4 (834) | 35.6 (1960) |
| Median age (IQR) | 30 (9) | 27 (4) | 29 (8) | 35 (10) | 29 (8) |
| Educational attainment | |||||
| Secondary school and above | 40.4 (620) | 42.3 (635) | 35.1 (417) | 74.3 (948) | 47.7 (2620) |
| Up to primary school | 59.6 (913) | 57.7 (865) | 64.9 (772) | 25.7 (328) | 52.3 (2878) |
| Current marital status | |||||
| Unmarried | 8.7 (134) | 25.4 (381) | 22.6 (269) | 0.9 (11) | 14.5 (795) |
| Formerly married | 57.4 (880) | 64.1 (961) | 51.4 (611) | 31.5 (402) | 51.9 (2854) |
| Currently married | 33.9 (519) | 10.5 (158) | 26.0 (309) | 67.6 (863) | 33.6 (1849) |
| Time in sex work (years) | |||||
| ≤5 | 54.1 (829) | 88.7 (1330) | 54.3 (646) | 45.8 (584) | 61.6 (3389) |
| 6+ | 45.9 (704) | 11.3 (170) | 45.7 (543) | 54.2 (692) | 38.4 (2109) |
| Median (IQR) | 5 (7) | 3 (2) | 5 (6) | 6 (6) | 5 (5) |
| Current place of residence | |||||
| Urban | 75.8 (1162) | 98.3 (1474) | 82.7 (983) | 84.2 (1075) | 85.4 (4694) |
| Rural | 24.2 (371) | 1.7 (26) | 17.3 (206) | 15.8 (201) | 14.6 (804) |
| Currently under contract | 11.9 (182) | 16.2 (243) | 6.1 (73) | 2.0 (26) | 9.5 (524) |
| Income from the current place | |||||
| Worse | 4.6 (71) | 5.9 (89) | 6.4 (76) | 6.6 (84) | 5.8 (320) |
| Better | 61.7 (946) | 64.5 (967) | 38.1 (453) | 61.5 (785) | 57.3 (3151) |
| Same | 33.7 (516) | 29.6 (444) | 55.5 (660) | 31.9 (407) | 36.9 (2027) |
| Currently in debt | 70.4 (1079) | 33.3 (499) | 31.0 (369) | 43.3 (553) | 45.5 (2500) |
| Debt at time of first move for sex work | 47.6 (730) | 34.9 (524) | 32.9 (391) | 22.2 (283) | 35.1 (1928) |
| Client volume at current place of sex work | |||||
| Low | 39.4 (604) | 67.1 (1007) | 29.9 (355) | 62.7 (800) | 50.3 (2766) |
| High | 60.6 (929) | 32.9 (493) | 70.1 (834) | 37.3 (476) | 49.7 (2732) |
| Experienced physical violence at current place of sex work | 32.8 (503) | 24.1 (362) | 14.1 (168) | 14.0 (179) | 22.0 (1212) |
| Sexual coercion | 24.7 (379) | 28.7 (431) | 22.6 (269) | 7.2 (92) | 21.3 (1171) |
| Experienced anal sex | 36.2 (555) | 15.5 (233) | 9.9 (118) | 10.7 (137) | 19.0 (1043) |
| Clients’ willingness to use condoms | |||||
| Willing | 68.3 (1047) | 23.1 (346) | 74.3 (884) | 79.2 (1010) | 59.8 (3287) |
| Unwilling | 31.7 (486) | 76.9 (1154) | 25.7 (305) | 20.8 (266) | 40.2 (2211) |
| HIV testing/result collection a | |||||
| HIV testing done; result not collected | 34.6 (507) | 42.2 (313) | 77.3 (819) | 85.0 (1026) | 59.6 (2665) |
| HIV testing done; result collected | 65.4 (960) | 57.8 (429) | 22.7 (240) | 15.0 (181) | 40.4 (1810) |
a
Among those who had ever had HIV testing done (N=4475).