Table 1. HIV prevalence and demographic characteristics by HIV status for female soweto-based sex workers, including raw percentages and adjusted population level prevalence with 95% confidence intervals for both univariate and bivariate analysis showing row percentage.
Variable (n = 508) | OVERALL | HIV + | HIV - | |||
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Raw n (%) | RDS Adjusted % (95% CI) | Raw n (%) | RDS Adjusted % (95% CI) | Raw n (%) | RDS Adjusted % (95% CI) | |
HIV prevalence | ||||||
HIV-infected | 280 (55.1) | 53.6 (47.5–59.9) | - | - | - | - |
HIV-negative | 228 (44.9) | 46.4 (40.4–52.4) | - | - | - | - |
Age | ||||||
18–24 | 124 (24.4) | 23.5 (18.5–29.1) | 41 (33.1) | 28.8 (19.0–29.0) | 83 (66.9) | 71.2 (61.0–81.1) |
25–29 | 114 (22.4) | 20.9 (16.2–25.7) | 57 (50.00) | 48.7 (35.0–60.2) | 57 (50.0) | 51.3 (39.6–64.1) |
≥30 | 270 (53.2) | 55.6 (49.2–61.9) | 182 (67.4) | 65.6 (57.7–73.7) | 88 (32.5) | 34.4 (26.6–42.1) |
Home language | ||||||
Zulu | 274 (53.9) | 52.3 (46–59.5) | 156 (56.9) | 54.7 (47.0–63.3) | 118 (43.1) | 45.3 (36.8–53.7) |
Sotho | 131 (25.8) | 26.7 (20.5–32.5) | 70 (53.4) | 51.1 (40.2–63.2) | 61 (46.6) | 48.9 (36.4–60.3) |
Other | 103 (25.8) | 21 (15.9–26.2) | 54 (52.4) | 54.5 (40.5–67.1) | 49 (47.6) | 45.5 (33.0–58.8) |
Place of birth | ||||||
Gauteng | 346 (68.1) | 71.6 (64.6–77.2) | 172 (49.7) | 46.9 (40.2–54.1) | 174 (50.3) | 53.1 (45.5–60.0) |
Other (includes cross-border migrants) | 162 (31.9) | 28.5 (22.7–35.4) | 108 (66.7) | 70.6 (60.9–78.6) | 54 (33.3) | 29.4 (21.2–39.0) |
Education | ||||||
Incomplete schooling | 384 (75.6) | 74.2 (69.2–79.9) | 234 (60.9) | 60.1 (53.8–66.6) | 150 (39.1) | 39.9 (33.2–46.4) |
Secondary complete/some tertiary | 124 (24.4) | 25.8 (20.4–30.9) | 46 (37.1) | 34.7 (23.2–47.0) | 78 (62.9) | 65.3 (53.1–76.7) |
Number children | ||||||
No children | 82 (16.1) | 13.2 (9.8–17.1) | 36 (43.9) | 38.4 (25.3–54.3) | 46 (56.1) | 61.1 (45.8–75.4) |
One child | 164 (32.3) | 32.2 (27.0–37.9) | 79 (48.2) | 45.6 (36.4–56.8) | 85 (51.8) | 54.4 (43.1–63.9) |
Two children | 153 (30.1) | 33.5 (28.1–39.0) | 93 (60.8) | 59.8 (48.2–69.9) | 60 (39.2) | 40.2 (30.0–51.0) |
Three+ children | 109 (21.5) | 21.1 (16.8–25.6) | 72 (66.1) | 64.3 (53.4–75.0) | 37 (33.9) | 35.7 (24.7–46.8) |