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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Feb;38(2):89–95. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181f0bc5e

TABLE 2.

Characteristics Associated With Having Previous HIV Test Among Female Sex Workers

Characteristics Total FSWs (N = 1642)
OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) P
STD symptoms in past 12 mo
 Abdominal pain 1.4 (1.0–1.8)*
 Severe or persistent pelvic pain 2.0 (1.1–3.6)* 1.9 (1.1–3.6) 0.040
Study site (Kaiyuan vs. Gejiu) 6.9 (3.4–14.3) 4.9 (2.3–10.1) <0.001
Age (≥21 vs. <21 yr) 0.3 (0.2–0.4)
Age at initiation of commercial sex work (≥20 vs. <20 yr) 1.8 (1.4–2.4)
Years of schooling (≥9 vs. <9 yr) 18.5 (4.6–76.9) 10.9 (2.6–45.5) 0.001
Duration of commercial sex work (>2 vs. ≤2 yr) 2.7 (2.1–3.5)
Migrant status
 Hometown (another city in Yunnan vs. Kaiyuan/Gejiu) 0.7 (0.5–0.9)
 Hometown (city outside of Yunnan vs. Kaiyuan/Gejiu) 1.4 (1.0–2.0)
Had not heard of HIV/STD before 0.1 (0.1–0.2)
Have regular sexual partner 2.0 (1.6–2.6) 1.9 (1.4–2.5) <0.001
Average charge per service (<100 Yuan vs. ≥100 Yuan) 0.6 (0.4–0.8)
Number of clients in recent week (<5 vs. ≥5) 1.5 (1.1–2.0) 1.7 (1.2–2.3) 0.001
Perceive oneself as incapable of coping with HIV-positive diagnosis 0.3 (0.2–0.5)
Trichomonas vaginalis positive 0.5 (0.3–0.8)
HSV-2 positive 1.3 (1.0–1.8)*
History of illegal drug use 2.9 (2.1–3.9) 2.2 (1.5–3.1) <0.001
Inconsistent condom use with male clients in past week 0.4 (0.3–0.6)
HIV-positive (in results of this study) 2.5 (1.7–3.5) 1.8 (1.2–2.8) 0.005
Self-perceived at high-risk for HIV 1.8 (1.2–2.6) 1.5 (1.1–2.2) 0.048
*

P < 0.05.

P < 0.001

P < 0.01.