Table 1.

Characteristics of Surveyed Female Sex Workers (n = 466), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2014

Characteristic	Crude Estimate	95% CI	RDS-Adjusted Estimate	95% CI
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age, years	28	27, 28	27	26, 28
Country of birth, %
Côte d’Ivoire	76	70, 81	80	74, 86
Nigeria	23	18, 29	18	13, 25
Other	2	1, 3	1	1, 3
Education, %
No school/outside system/other	18	15, 22	20	15, 27
Some or completed primary	33	29, 38	39	32, 45
Incomplete secondary	43	38, 48	37	30, 43
Completed secondary or higher	6	5, 9	5	3, 8
Currently married	7	4, 10	7	4, 12
Religiona, %
Muslim	13	10, 17	13	8, 19
Christian	77	72, 81	78	70, 83
Other	10	8, 14	10	7, 14
Sex work characteristics
Age at first paid sex, years	22	21,22	20	19, 21
Time since first paid sex, years	6	5, 7	7	6, 8
Has sex with clients in public places, %	18	15, 22	19	14, 25
No. of sexual partners per normal weekb	31	27, 34	32	27, 36
No. of sex acts per normal weekc
VI	32	29, 35	32	28, 37
AI	1	1, 2	2	1, 3
Prevalence of AIc, %
During a normal week	19	15, 23	20	15, 26
During past monthd	21	18, 26	24	18, 30
During past yeare	22	18, 26	24	18, 30
Proportion of weekly sex acts that are AI	3	2, 4	4	2, 6
Proportion of weekly sex acts that are AI among FSWs who report weekly AIf	17	14, 21	21	15, 28
Knowledge that AI carries the highest HIV riskg	5	4, 8	6	4, 9
Condom use over past yearc, %
VI
Never	0	0, 2	0	0, 1
Almost never	1	0, 2	1	0, 5
Sometimes	8	6, 11	10	6, 14
Often	52	47, 56	57	50, 63
Always	39	34, 44	33	27, 39
AIh
Never	32	24, 42	28	18, 41
Almost never	1	0, 7	1	0, 5
Sometimes	17	11, 26	12	7, 22
Often	21	14, 30	30	18, 45
Always	29	22, 38	29	19, 42
Average price charged per act (USD)i
VI with condomj	8	7, 9	8	7, 10
VI without condomk	28	23, 33	25	19, 30
AI with condoml	25	17, 33	20	14, 26
AI without condomm	33	22, 43	27	19, 36

Abbreviations: AI, anal intercourse; CI, confidence interval; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; RDS, respondent-driven sampling; VI, vaginal intercourse.

^a Missing 1 value.

^b Includes new clients, regular clients, and nonpaying partners with whom vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse was performed.

^c With any partner types.

^d Missing 14 values.

^e One woman who did not report AI during the past year but who did so during a normal week was recoded as having performed AI during past year, because the question about AI during a normal week was directly asked.

^fn = 86.

^g Missing 1 value.

^hn = 100 and there is 1 missing value.

ⁱ Exchange rate: 1 CFA = 0.002 USD.

^jn = 464 and there is 1 missing value.

^kn = 178 and there are 2 missing values.

^ln = 73 and there is 1 missing value.

^mn = 53 and there is 1 missing value.