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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Health Care Women Int. 2013 Apr 30;35(1):60–73. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2012.757317

Table 1:

Demographic information among FSWs by mental health problems (N=1,022)

Suicidal behaviors Depression Loneliness

Total
(N=1022)
Never
(n=925)
Ever

(n=97)
Never
(n=501)
Ever

(n=521)
Never
(n=516)
Ever
(n=506)

DEMOGRAPHICS
Age 24.89 (6.67) 25.07(6.75) 23.16(5.66)** 24.99 (6.33) 24.79
(6.99)
25.45 (6.73) 24.33(6.57)**
Ethnicity
Han 84.5% 85.2% 78.4% 85.4% 83.7% 84.5% 84.6%
Non-Han 15.5% 14.8% 21.6% 46.2% 53.8% 15.5% 15.4%
Residency
Urban 44.4% 44.2% 46.4% 47.7% 41.2%* 46.6% 42.1%
Rural 55.6% 55.8% 53.6% 52.3% 58.8% 53.4% 57.9%
Marital Status
Never married 71.8% 71.0% 79.4% 69.9% 73.7% 68.0% 75.7%**
Ever married 28.2% 29.0% 20.6% 30.1% 26.3% 32.0% 24.3%
Education
<=Middle School 63.9% 64.4% 58.8% 62.7% 65.1% 63.4% 64.4%
>Middle School 36.1% 35.6% 41.2% 37.3% 34.9% 36.6% 35.6%
Venue Levels
Level 1 (more than 3000
yuan)
27.0% 27.6% 21.6% 31.3% 22.8%*** 30.8% 23.1%*
Level 2 (2000-3000 yuan) 57.0% 56.1% 66.0% 52.3% 61.6% 53.1% 61.1%
Level 3 (1000-2000 yuan) 7.2% 7.0% 9.3% 9.0% 5.6% 7.4% 7.1%
Level 4 (less than 1000) 8.7% 9.3% 3.1% 7.4% 10.0% 8.7% 8.7%
Income (1,000 yuan,
Mean, SD)
2.66 (2.35) 2.62 (2.29) 3.07 (2.86) 2.69 (2.41) 2.64 (2.30) 2.72 (2.51) 2.61 (2.18)
Length of working
(Mean, SD)
43.98
(35.81)
44.05
(35.44)
43.27 (39.35) 43.94
(34.41)
44.01 (37.14) 43.94(35.19) 44.02
(36.47)
Alcohol-serving
venues1
Not alcohol-serving
venues
48.1% 48.8% 42.3% 51.7% 44.7%* 52.9% 43.3%***
Alcohol serving venues 51.9% 51.2% 57.7% 48.3% 55.3% 47.1% 56.7%
RISK FACTORS
Alcohol use
(mean, SD)
9.05 (7.36) 8.70 (7.28) 12.33
(7 39)****
7.69 (6.85) 10.36
(7.60)****
8.31 (7.24) 9.80(7.42)***
Drug use 18.1% 15.7% 41.2%**** 13.4% 22.6%**** 14.7% 21.5%***
Partner violence 62.3% 60.3% 81.4%**** 55.7% 68.7%**** 55.2% 69.6%****

Notes:

1:

Alcohol-serving venues including KTV, Bar, Night club, and Restaurants; Non-alcohol-serving venues include min hotel, streets, sauna, hair salon, and massage parlor;

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.005

****

p<.0001