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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2016 May 23;92(8):593–598. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052549

Table 4.

Early initiation of sex work and HIV condom negotiation self-efficacy and condom use norms

Total (n=816)
n (%)
Began sex work <18 years (n=162)
n (%)
Began sex work ≥18 years (n=654)
n (%)
Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Self-efficacy related to condom use
Could refuse sex with paying partner when no condom available*
 No (referent) 99 (12.2) 34 (21.0) 65 (10.0)
 Yes 713 (87.8) 128 (79.0) 585 (90.0) 0.42 (0.30 to 0.59)** 0.41 (0.27 to 0.62)**
Social norms related to condom use
My friends think condoms should be used every time they have sex with a paying client*
 Disagree/strongly disagree(referent) 58 (7.1) 14 (8.8) 44 (6.7) 0.75 (0.42 to 1.34) 0.82 (0.49 to 1.36)
 Agree/strongly agree 755 (92.9) 146 (91.3) 609 (93.3)
My friends think condoms should be used every time they have sex with a non-paying sex partner
 Disagree/strongly disagree(referent) 264 (33.3) 60 (39.2) 204 (31.9) 0.73 (0.67 to 0.79)** 0.74 (0.66 to 0.83)**
 Agree/strongly agree 529 (66.7) 93 (60.8) 436 (68.1)
*

Missing data by variable: Could refuse sex with paying partner when no condom available 2; My friends think condoms should be used every time they have sex with a paying client 3; My friends think condoms should be used every time they have sex with a non-paying sex partner 23.

**

p<0.0001.