Table 1.
Individual, contextual and community factors by hazardous vs. non-hazardous drinking among FSWs in 13 Mexican cities (N = 1001)
| No hazardous drinkinga (N = 166) |
Hazardous drinkinga (N = 835) |
OR (95% CI) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||
| Age (mean, SD) | 35.7 (10.4) | 32.3 (9.1) | 0.96 (0.95, 0.98) | <0.001 |
| Years of education (mean, SD) | 6.6 (3.9) | 7.1 (3.2) | 1.05 (1.01, 1.11) | <0.05 |
| Married or common-law (N, %) | 55 (33.1%) | 214 (25.6%) | 0.70 (0.49–0.99) | <0.05 |
| Have children (N, %) | 156 (94.0%) | 729 (87.3%) | 0.44 (0.23, 0.86) | <0.05 |
| Number of financial dependents (mean, SD) | 2.7 (1.6) | 2.7 (1.8) | 1.02 (0.93, 1.13) | |
| Number of years employed as a FSW (mean, SD) | 6.9 (7.8) | 6.1(6.3) | 0.98 (0.96, 1.01) | |
| Sexual risk behaviors and non-consensual sex | ||||
| Regular clients onlya (N, %) | 7 (4.3%) | 45 (5.6%) | 1.34 (0.59, 3.03) | |
| Non-regular clients onlya (N, %) | 2 (1.3%) | 37 (4.7%) | 3.86 (0.92, 16.2) | |
| Total number of clientsa (N, %) | 57.7 (65.2) | 39.7 (51.5) | 0.52 (0.37, 0.74) | <0.001 |
| Total number of unprotected vaginal and anal sex acts with clientsa (N, %) | 16.9 (27.4) | 15.7 (20.0) | 1.04 (0.73, 1.49) | |
| Forced to have sex with client in past year (N, %) | 27 (16.3%) | 118 (14.1%) | 0.85 (0.54, 1.34) | |
| General health behaviors | ||||
| Used drugsb in the past month (N, %) | 7 (4.2%) | 99 (11.9%) | 3.06 (1.39, 6.70) | <0.01 |
| Cigarette smoker (N, %) | 78 (47.0%) | 522 (62.5%) | 1.88 (1.34, 2.63) | <0.001 |
| Ever been tested for HIV/AIDS (N, %) | 113 (68.1%) | 568 (68.0%) | 0.99 (0.70, 1.43) | |
| Contextual factors | ||||
| Bar worker or dance hostess (N, %) | 21 (12.7%) | 482 (57.7%) | 9.43 (5.85, 15.20) | <0.001 |
| Has a pimp or manager | 28 (16.9%) | 111 (13.3%) | 0.76 (0.48, 1.19) | |
| Used alcohol before or during sex with client(s)a (N, %) | 29 (17.5%) | 632 (75.7%) | 14.71 (9.56–22.63) | <0.001 |
| Used drugsb before or during sex with client(s)a (N, %) | 5 (3.0%) | 68 (8.2%) | 2.86 (1.14, 7.21) | <0.05 |
| Community factors | ||||
| Marginalization index for study site (mean, SD)c | 10.5 (6.7) | 16.5 (8.0) | 1.13 (1.10, 1.17) | <0.001 |
| Ever arrested by police (N, %) | 39 (23.5%) | 176 (21.1%) | 0.87 (0.59, 1.29) | |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
aRefers to the last month.
bMexico's drug policy reform does not consider drug use illegal unless the amount possessed is above a certain threshold.
cThis association was tested to account for clustering using generalized estimating equations, and the results did not differ.