Table 1.
Participants’ Characteristics, and Univariate and Multivariable Analysis of Frequent FC Use in Three Chinese Cities, 2013, N = 312
| Variables | Total N (%) |
0–2 N 1(%) |
> 2 N2 (%) |
Univariate analysis | Multivariable analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR(95%CI) | p-value | AOR(95%CI) | p-value | ||||
| Age group (years) | 0.078 | ||||||
| ≤35 | 115 (36.9) | 77 (67.0) | 38 (33.0) | 1 | – | ||
| > 35 | 197 (63.1) | 112 (56.9) | 85 (43.1) | 1.5 (0.9–2.5) | – | ||
| Marital status | 0.204 | ||||||
| Single/divorced/widow | 78 (25.0) | 52 (66.7) | 26 (33.3) | 1 | – | ||
| Married/cohabiting | 234 (75.0) | 137 (58.5) | 97 (41.5) | 1.4 (0.8–2.4) | – | ||
| Education | 0.000 | 0.002 | |||||
| Illiterate/ primary school | 201 (64.4) | 106 (52.7) | 95 (47.3) | 2.6 (1.6–4.4) | 2.4 (1.4–7.2) | ||
| Secondary school and higher | 111 (35.6) | 83 (74.8) | 28 (25.2) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Household registration | 0.036 | ||||||
| Local | 92 (29.5) | 64 (69.6) | 28 (30.4) | 0.6 (0.3–0.9) | – | ||
| Non-local | 220 (70.5) | 125 (56.8) | 95 (43.2) | 1 | – | ||
| Duration of commercial sex work (years) | 0.148 | ||||||
| ≤2 | 173 (55.4) | 111 (64.2) | 62 (35.8) | 1 | – | ||
| > 2 | 139 (44.6) | 78 (56.1) | 61 (43.9) | 1.4 (0.9–2.2) | – | ||
| Price charged (RMB) | 0.000 | 0.001 | |||||
| ≤30 | 89 (28.5) | 37 (41.6) | 52 (58.4) | 4.4 (2.4–8.1) | 3.8 (1.9–7.6) | ||
| 31–50 | 171 (35.6) | 67 (60.4) | 44 (39.6) | 2.0 (1.2–3.7) | 1.8 (1.0–3.3) | ||
| > 50 | 112 (35.9) | 85 (75.9) | 27 (24.1) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Venues | 0.012 | ||||||
| Small beauty salons/massage rooms/guest houses | 194 (62.2) | 128 (66.0) | 66 (34.0) | 1 | – | ||
| Self-rented room/“market day” building | 118 (37.8) | 61 (51.7) | 57 (48.3) | 1.8 (1.1–2.9) | – | ||
| City | 0.000 | ||||||
| Liuzhou | 119 (38.1) | 95 (79.8) | 24 (20.2) | 1 | – | ||
| Pingnan | 100 (32.1) | 40 (40.0) | 60 (60.0) | 5.9 (3.3–10.8) | – | ||
| Zhangjiajie | 93 (29.8) | 54 (58.1) | 39 (41.9) | 2.9 (1.6–5.3) | – | ||
| Male condom use with new clients in the past montha | 0.859 | ||||||
| Every time | 224 (71.8) | 135 (60.3) | 89 (39.7) | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) | – | ||
| Not every time | 88 (28.2) | 54 (61.4) | 34 (38.6) | 1 | – | ||
| Male condom use with regular clients in the past montha | 0.065 | 0.002 | |||||
| Every time | 187 (64.0) | 104 (55.6) | 83 (44.4) | 1.6 (1.0–2.6) | 2.4 (1.4–4.2) | ||
| Not every time | 105 (36.0) | 70 (66.7) | 35 (33.3) | 1 | 1 | ||
a The data were drawn from one-month follow-up questionnaire