Table 1.
Background characteristics of female sex workers by mobility in Andhra Pradesh, India, 2014
| Background characteristics | Per cent (n) or mean (SD) | Mobility for the sex work |
p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No mobility | Within district | Outside district | |||
| Age (mean, SD) | 30.9 (5.8) | 30.7 (6.0) | 31.2 (5.7) | 31.0 (6.0) | |
| Age (years) | 0.100 | ||||
| <30 | 43.3 (1040) | 45.5 | 40.9 | 41.9 | |
| ≥30 | 56.7 (1360) | 54.5 | 59.1 | 58.0 | |
| Formal education | 0.000 | ||||
| No | 56.2 (1350) | 60.3 | 56.4 | 45.5 | |
| Yes | 43.8 (1050) | 39.7 | 43.6 | 54.5 | |
| Marital status | 0.000 | ||||
| Never married | 5.0 (119) | 6.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | |
| Currently married | 66.5 (1596) | 68.4 | 67.0 | 60.7 | |
| Formerly married | 28.5 (685) | 25.0 | 29.7 | 35.5 | |
| Primary place of solicitation for sex work | 0.000 | ||||
| Home-based | 13.9 (333) | 19.9 | 8.9 | 7.0 | |
| Public places/street | 4.5 (109) | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | |
| Brothel and lodge-based | 27.6 (663) | 26.9 | 30.7 | 24.0 | |
| Mobile phones | 54.0 (1295) | 48.9 | 55.5 | 64.2 | |
| Duration of sex work (years) | 0.005 | ||||
| <5 | 54.3 (1304) | 56.6 | 54.8 | 47.7 | |
| ≥5 | 45.7 (1096) | 43.4 | 45.2 | 52.3 | |
| Under debt at the time of survey | 0.013 | ||||
| No | 33.9 (814) | 35.5 | 35.0 | 28.0 | |
| Yes | 66.1 (1586) | 64.5 | 65.0 | 72.0 | |
| Mobility for sex work in past 2 years | |||||
| No mobility | 48.3 (1162) | – | – | – | |
| Mobility inside district | 32.7 (785) | – | – | – | |
| Mobility outside district | 19.0 (453) | – | – | – | |
| Inconsistent condom use with clients (occasional/regular) | 0.001 | ||||
| No | 71.2 (1709) | 67.7 | 74.5 | 74.4 | |
| Yes | 28.8 (691) | 32.3 | 25.5 | 25.6 | |
| Self-reported STI symptoms in past 1 year | 0.000 | ||||
| No | 64.5 (1549) | 76.8 | 57.4 | 45.5 | |
| Yes | 35.5 (851) | 23.2 | 42.6 | 54.5 | |
| Experience of violence in past 1 year | 0.000 | ||||
| No | 76.0 (1824) | 85.7 | 75.0 | 52.8 | |
| Yes | 24.0 (576) | 14.3 | 25.0 | 47.2 | |
| Total sample | 100.0 (2400) | 100.0 (1162) | 100.0 (785) | 100.0 (453) | |
SD stands for SD.
p Value were calculated through the χ2 test.
STI, sexually transmitted infection.