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