Table 4.

Influence of select sociodemographic and sex work-related characteristics on FSWs’ histories of arrest^a

		Ever arrested			Arrested in the last year
	n	%	AOR (95% CI)	p	%	AOR (95% CI)	p
Age (years)
< 25	1045	11.8	Ref.	–	5.1	Ref.	–
≥ 25	809	7.0	1.47 (0.95 to 2.27)	0.081	4.4	0.79 (0.46 to 1.36)	0.403
Literacy
Literate	1546	6.0	Ref.	–	3.3	Ref.	–
Illiterate	2564	9.0	1.44 (1.09 to 1.90)	0.011	4.5	1.49 (1.03 to 2.16)	0.034
Work other than sex work
Yes	2607	5.3	Ref.	–	2.7	Ref.	–
No	1488	12.7	2.00 (1.56 to 2.56)	<0.001	6.6	1.74 (1.24 to 2.44)	<0.001
Location of sex work practice
Practised sex work within home district	3157	7.3	Ref.	–	3.4	Ref.	–
Practised sex work outside of home district	953	10.4	1.61 (1.19 to 2.19)	0.002	6.7	1.78 (1.20 to 2.62)	0.004
Usual place of solicitation
Home	1702	9.8	Ref.	–	5.3	Ref.	–
Street/public place	1150	4.4	2.27 (1.61 to 3.20)	<0.001	2.3	2.22 (1.40 to 3.53)	<0.001
Brothel	316	18.6	3.01 (1.90 to 4.77)	<0.001	8.8	1.759 (0.94 to 3.30)	0.079
Phone	941	4.8	1.56 (0.97 to 2.50)	0.064	2.3	1.41 (0.73 to 2.70)	0.306
Years practising sex work
≤ 2	755	6.0	Ref.	–	5.3	Ref.	–
3 to 4	1391	6.0	1.15 (0.73 to 1.80)	0.561	3.8	0.931 (0.56 to 1.56)	0.787
≥ 5	1964	9.7	1.16 (0.70 to 1.92)	0.563	3.9	0.78 (0.43 to 1.43)	0.425
Number of clients in an average week
< 10	2189	4.1	Ref.	–	2.0	Ref.	–
≥ 10	1921	12.1	2.27 (1.72 to 3.00)	<0.001	6.3	2.27 (1.55 to 3.32)	<0.001
Age at start of sex work (years)
≤ 19	833	12.1	Ref.	–	6.0	Ref.	–
20 to 24	1031	8.7	0.78 (0.54 to 1.13)	0.192	4.4	0.80 (0.49 to 1.31)	0.375
25 to 29	1024	6.7	0.59 (0.38 to 0.91)	0.018	3.5	0.77 (0.42 to 1.41)	0.392
30 to 34	727	5.8	0.58 (0.36 to 0.91)	0.027	3.7	0.95 (0.50 to 1.79)	0.870
≥ 35	495	4.2	0.43 (0.24 to 0.77)	0.005	1.8	0.46 (0.20 to 1.08)	0.076

^aModels adjusted for participant characteristics, as previously described; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; FSW, female sex worker; IBBA, integrated behavioural and biological assessment