Table 1:

Demographic characteristics of FSWs and relationship with experience of partner violence from stable partners

	PV from Stable Partners (n=743)a
	Emotional (n=740)		Physical (n=735)		Sexual (n=739)		Combined (n=743)
	Never (n=329)	Ever (n=411)	Never (n=587)	Ever (n=148)	Never (n=619)	Ever (n=120)	Never (n=313)	Ever (n=430)
Age, mean (sd)	25.68 (6.54)	24.95 (7.04)	25.64 (6.79)	23.93 (6.82) **	25.38 (6.75)	24.67 (7.29)	25.81 (6.62)	24.84 (6.95)
Ethnicity
Han	89.1%	83.9%	87.7%	81.1%*	86.9%	83.3%	89.5%	84.0%*
Non-Han	10.9%	16.1%	12.3%	18.9%	13.1%	16.7%	10.5%	16.0%
Residency
Urban	46.9%	42.0%	46.5%	36.2%*	44.1%	45.3%	46.9%	42.3%
Rural	53.1%	58.0%	53.5%	63.8%	55.9%	54.7%	53.1%	57.7%
Education
Less than MS	58.1%	70.1% ***	62.7%	71.6%*	64.5%	65.0%	58.8%	69.1%***
More than MS	41.9%	29.9%	37.3%	28.4%	35.5%	35.0%	41.2%	30.9%
Marital Status
Never	66.0%	69.1%	65.4%	76.4%*	66.6%	73.3%	64.9%	70.0%
Ever	34.0%	30.9%	34.6%	23.6%	33.4%	26.7%	35.1%	30.0%
Length of Working mean (sd)	47.06 (39.30)	44.79 (34.64)	46.68 (37.01)	43.05 (36.17)	45.49 (36.94)	47.21 (35.96)	47.19 (39.05)	44.65 (34.94)
Living arrangement
Living with Partner	31.3%	40.9% **	34.2%	46.6%**	35.4%	43.3% **	29.7%	41.6%
Not living w. partner	68.7%	59.1%	65.8%	53.4%	64.6%	56.7%	70.3%	58.4%
Venue Levelb
>3,000RMB	23.7%	25.3%	24.5%	22.3%	25.0%	20.8%	23.6%	25.1%
2,000~3,000	59.3%	58.2%	57.2%	63.5%	58.0%	63.3%	58.5%	59.1%
1,000~2,000	7.9%	6.1%	7.5%	4.7%	7.1%	5.8%	8.3%	5.8%
<1,000	9.1%	10.5%	9.9%	9.5%	9.9%	10.0%	9.6%	10.0%

Note:

^a:FSWs who reported having stable partners, and who completed more than half of the 20-item IPV-stable partner scale.

^b.Venues were grouped based on the median income of FSWs in each venue.

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001,

^****p<.0001