TABLE 1.

Basic Characteristics of HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Female Sex Workers

Characteristics	HIV-Positive FSWs (N = 168)		HIV-Negative FSWs (N = 1474)		χ2	P
	n	%	n	%
Age (yr)
16–20	14	8.3	477	32.4
21–25	48	28.6	451	30.6
26–54	106	63.1	546	37.0	56.569	<0.001
Ethnicity
Han	110	65.5	950	64.5
Yi	24	14.3	204	13.8
Hani	10	6.0	137	9.3
Others	24	14.2	183	12.4	2.346	0.50
Schooling (yr)
0–6	64	38.1	618	41.9
7–9	84	50.0	688	46.7
10–15	20	11.9	168	11.4	0.921	0.63
Marital status
Single	81	48.2	767	52.0
Divorced	32	19.0	262	17.8
Lives with partner	26	15.5	212	14.4
Married	17	10.1	163	11.1
Separated	6	3.6	48	3.3
Widowed	6	3.6	22	1.5	4.676	0.46
Migrant status of FSW participants
Local cities	81	48.2	348	23.6
From other city in Yunnan Province	75	44.6	862	58.5
From outside of Yunnan Province	12	7.14	264	17.9	50.409	<0.001
Having regular sexual partners
Yes	75	44.6	735	49.9
No	93	55.4	739	50.1	1.645	0.20
Condom use with regular sexual partners
Always use	9	12.0	123	16.7
Occasionally use	27	36.0	232	31.6
Never use	39	52.0	380	51.7	1.356	0.51
No. clients in recent week
<5	99	56.0	1002	68.0
≥5	74	44.0	472	32.0	9.827	<0.002
Condom use with last client
Yes	136	81.0	1280	86.8
No	32	19.0	194	13.2	4.402	0.04
Had previous HIV test
Yes	54	32.1	237	16.1
No	114	67.9	1237	83.9	26.690	<0.001
Know the results of previous HIV test
Yes	29	17.3	110	7.5
No	139	82.7	1364	92.5	18.689	<0.001
Followed up for results in current study
Yes	91	54.2	773	52.4
No	77	45.8	701	47.6	0.180	0.67
Drug use behavior*
Yes	86	51.2	86	5.8
No	82	48.8	1388	94.2	330.829	<0.001

^*Self-reported injection drug using behavior.