Table 2.
HIV prevalence among female sex workers by sociodemographic characteristics and its risks factors, Rwanda, 2010.
| Variables | N | HIV % | 95 % CI | Bivariable | Multivariable | ||||
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| OR | 95% CI | p-value | aOR | 95% CI | p-value | ||||
| Overall | 1112 | 51.0 | 47.8–53.8 | ||||||
| Demographic factors | |||||||||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Single | 807 | 49.0 | 45.5–52.4 | 1.0 | |||||
| Married/cohabitating | 39 | 35.9 | 20.1–51.7 | 0.6 | 0.3–1.1 | 0.115 | |||
| Separated | 266 | 58.7 | 52.7–64.6 | 1.5 | 1.1–2.0 | 0.006 | |||
| Age group | |||||||||
| 15–24 years | 492 | 42.1 | 37.7–46.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| ≥25 years | 620 | 57.7 | 53.8–61.6 | 1.9 | 1.5–2.4 | 0.000 | 1.8 | 1.4–2.4 | 0.000 |
| Education | |||||||||
| None | 321 | 51.1 | 45.6–56.6 | 1.0 | |||||
| Primary and beyond | 791 | 50.7 | 47.2–54.2 | 1.0 | 0.8–1.3 | 0.905 | |||
| Religion | |||||||||
| None | 183 | 53.6 | 46.3–60.8 | 1.0 | |||||
| Christian | 749 | 51.4 | 47.8–55.0 | 0.9 | 0.7–1.3 | 0.602 | |||
| Muslim | 154 | 44.8 | 36.9–52.7 | 0.7 | 0.5–1.1 | 0.11 | |||
| Others | 26 | 50.0 | 29.4–70.6 | 0.9 | 0.4–2.0 | 0.734 | |||
| Province | |||||||||
| Kigali City | 233 | 56.2 | 53.8–58.6 | 1.0 | |||||
| Eastern | 123 | 32.5 | 25.7–40.2 | 0.4 | 0.2–0.6 | 0.009 | |||
| Northern | 260 | 46.9 | 43.6–50.3 | 0.7 | 0.5–1.0 | 0.034 | |||
| Western | 251 | 54.6 | 48.7–60.3 | 0.9 | 0.7–1.3 | 0.062 | |||
| Southern | 245 | 55.1 | 52.1–58.0 | 1.0 | 0.7–1.4 | 0.021 | |||
| FSW characteristics | |||||||||
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Sex work only | 804 | 52.2 | 48.8–55.7 | 1.0 | |||||
| Sex work with additional occupation | 308 | 47.1 | 41.5–52.7 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.1 | 0.124 | |||
| Experience as FSW | |||||||||
| <5 years | 647 | 48.1 | 44.2–51.9 | 1.0 | |||||
| ≥5 years | 330 | 56.4 | 51.0–61.7 | 1.4 | 1.1–1.8 | 0.014 | |||
| Recruitment based | |||||||||
| Street based | 923 | 50.6 | 47.4–53.8 | 1.0 | |||||
| Venue based | 180 | 52.2 | 44.9–59.6 | 1.1 | 0.8–1.5 | 0.69 | |||
| Risk factors | |||||||||
| Experienced violence/ harassment | |||||||||
| No | 128 | 52.3 | 43.6–61.1 | 1.0 | |||||
| Yes | 905 | 51.2 | 47.9–54.4 | 1.0 | 0.8–1.2 | 0.07 | |||
| Commercial sex partners in the last seven days | |||||||||
| ≤7 CS partners | 735 | 51.4 | 47.8–55.1 | 1.0 | |||||
| >7 CS partners | 122 | 53.3 | 44.3–62.3 | 1.1 | 0.7–1.6 | 0.705 | |||
| Consistent condom use in the last 30 days | |||||||||
| No | 748 | 49.1 | 45.5–52.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Yes | 341 | 55.4 | 50.1–60.7 | 1.3 | 1.0–1.7 | 0.052 | 1.4 | 1.1–1.8 | 0.020 |
| Was drunk in the last four weeks | |||||||||
| No | 336 | 50.3 | 44.9–55.7 | 1.0 | |||||
| Yes | 406 | 53.2 | 48.3–58.1 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.2 | 0.07 | |||
| HIV comprehensive knowledgea | |||||||||
| No | 808 | 53.1 | 49.6–56.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Yes | 224 | 42.9 | 36.3–49.4 | 0.7 | 0.5–0.9 | 0.007 | 0.7 | 0.5–0.9 | 0.006 |
| Had STI symptom in the last 12 monthsb | |||||||||
| No STI symptom | 679 | 45.2 | 41.5–49.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| At least one STI symptom | 427 | 59.7 | 55.0–64.4 | 1.8 | 1.4–2.3 | 0.000 | 1.7 | 1.3–2.3 | 0.000 |
CI: confidence interval; CS: commercial sex; FSW: female sex worker; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; OR: odds ratio; STI: sexually transmitted infection.
a
HIV comprehensive knowledge was defined as knowing simultaneously that proper use of a condom, having one faithful partner can protect against HIV/AIDs, recognizing that a person apparently in good health can transmit HIV/AIDs and at the same time rejecting the two most common misconceptions about HIV/AIDs transmission.
b
STI symptom was defined as genital discharge or genital ulcer.