Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics, health, sexual, and drug use behavior, and cervical STI results of FSWs in La Romana.

	Frequency (%) (N = 144)
Sociodemographic characteristicsa
Age, mean years (SD)	27.3 (6.3)
Age groups, years
18–24	55 (38.2)
25–34	74 (51.4)
35–44	12 (8.3)
45–54	3 (2.1)
Country of birth
Dominican Republic	140 (97.2)
Haiti	2 (1.4)
Other	2 (1.4)
Civil status
Single	120 (83.3)
Stable partnership with a woman	5 (3.5)
Married or stable partnership with a man	15 (10.4)
Separated or divorced	2 (1.4)
Widowed	1 (0.7)
Refused	1 (0.7)
Education
Primary or below	46 (32.0)
Secondary	82 (56.9)
University	16 (11.1)
Sources of income
Work, regular or fixed	59 (41.0)
Work, irregular, temporary, or seasonal	71 (49.3)
Money from family or friends	5 (3.5)
Multiple sources	9 (6.2)
Income, monthly (RD pesos)b,c
3500 or less	9 (8.3)
3501–6000	13 (11.9)
6001–10,000	36 (33.0)
10,001–20,000	32 (29.4)
20,001 or more	19 (17.4)
Health behavior
Frequency of visits to the doctor, last year
2–3 times a month	4 (2.9)
Once a month	25 (18.1)
Once every 2–6 months	73 (52.9)
Once a year	27 (19.6)
Less than once a year	9 (6.5)
History of Pap?
No	33 (23.2)
Yes	109 (76.8)
Last Pap
Over a year ago	59 (54.1)
Less than a year ago	47 (43.1)
Don’t know	3 (2.8)
Sexual behavior
Age at first sexual relation, mean years (SD)	15.2 (2.1)
Condom use in vaginal and/or anal sex, last six months
Not always	59 (42.1)
Always	81 (57.9)
Ease of access to condoms
Easy	140 (97.2)
Difficult	3 (2.1)
Don’t know	1 (0.7)
Most common type of sexual practice, last six months
Vaginal +/− oral	125 (88.7)
Anal receptive +/− oral	11 (7.8)
Oral only	5 (3.5)
Total number of sexual partners, last six months
0	4 (2.8)
1	12 (8.4)
2–10	50 (34.9)
11–50	35 (24.5)
51–100	6 (4.2)
Don’t know	33 (23.1)
Refused	3 (2.1)
Transactional sexual behavior
Recruitment site
Beer center	91 (63.6)
Bar or cabaret	8 (5.6)
Restaurant	9 (6.3)
Brothel	3 (2.1)
Night club	11 (7.7)
Independent	21 (14.7)
Age at first transactional sexual relation, mean years (SD)	20.4 (5.1)
Average number of transactional sexual partners per month, mean persons (SD)d	5.9 (5.0)
Types of gifts received in exchange for sex, last six months
None	5 (3.5)
Money	132 (91.7)
Money and other gifte	7 (4.8)
Condom use in transactional sex, last six months
Not always	14 (11.3)
Always	110 (88.7)
Drug use behaviors
Frequency of alcohol use
Never	20 (13.9)
Once or less a month	16 (11.1)
2–4 times a month	16 (11.1)
2–3 times a week	35 (24.3)
Four or more times a week	52 (36.1)
Refused	5 (3.5)
Frequency of 6 or more drinks per day
Never	66 (53.2)
Once or less a month	12 (9.7)
Weekly	26 (21.0)
Daily or almost daily	17 (13.7)
Didn’t understand	1 (0.8)
Refused	2 (1.6)
Alcohol use before sex, last six months
No	12 (9.8)
Yes	111 (90.2)
Drug use, last six months
No	109 (75.7)
Yes	35 (24.3)
Drug use before or during sex, last six months
No	14 (40.0)
Yes	21 (60.0)
Cervical STI results
High-risk human papillomavirus
Negative	81 (56.6)
Positive	62 (43.4)
Chlamydia trachomatis
Negative	134 (93.7)
Positive	9 (6.3)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Negative	140 (97.2)
Positive	3 (2.1)
Mycoplasma genitalium
Negative	140 (97.2)
Positive	4 (2.8)
Trichomonas vaginalis
Negative	132 (92.7)
Positive	12 (8.3)
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Negative	54 (38.0)
Positive	88 (62.0)

^aSection headings from the qualitative interview appear in bold.

^bAs of March 2018, one Dominican peso equated to $0.02 US dollars.

^cResponse total that does not sum to 144 has missing values.

^dThere were 95 responses total; one large outlier was excluded.

^eOther gift was defined as services, goods, food, drugs, or rent.