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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2019 Mar 1;31(10):1207–1213. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1587352

Table II.

Characteristics of Focus Groups with Female Sex Workers

Participant Characteristics of Female Sex Workers Group 4 (n = 6) Group 5 (n = 3) Group 6 (n = 3) Group 7 (n = 3) Total (N = 15)
Mean Age 25 49 34 41 36
Race, n (%)
 White 6 (100) 3 (100) 1 (33) 2 (67) 12 (80)
 Black/African American 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (67) 1 (33) 3 (20)
 More than one/Other 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Relationship Status, n (%)
 Serious 4 (80) 2 (67) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (55)
 Casual 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (33) 0 (0) 1 (9)
 None 1 (20) 1 (33) 2 (67) 3 (100) 7 (64)
Sex Partners, Median 10 50 10 4 10
Condomless Acts, (%) a) 10% 35% 13% 16% 17%
PrEP Familiarity, n (%)
 Don’t know much 5 (83) 3 (100) 2 (67) 2 (67) 12 (80)
 Know a little bit 1 (17) 0 (0) 1 (33) 0 (0) 2 (13)
 Know a fair amount 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (33) 1 (7)
 Know a lot 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
a)

The proportion of women who reported having at least one act of condomless sex in the prior 6 months