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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2012 May;16(4):1020–1030. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-9968-0

Table 2:

Demographic characteristics of FSWs and relationship with experience of partner violence from clients

PV from Clients (n=937)a
Emotional (n=937) Physical (n=735) Sexual (n=937) Combined (n=937)
Never
(n=565)
Ever
(n=372)
Never
(n=609)
Ever
(n=126)
Never
(n=802)
Ever
(n=135)
Never
(n=515)
Ever
(n=422)
Age, mean (sd) 25.31 (6.75) 25.21 (7.21) 24.76 (6.79) 24.91 (6.60) 24.91 (6.74) 24.27 (6.52) 24.78 (6.74) 24.86 (6.68)
Ethnicity
 Han 86.7% 84.9% 87.1% 80.9%* 85.5% 79.3% 87.2% 81.5%*
 Non-Han 13.3% 15.1% 12.9% 19.1% 14.5% 20.7% 12.8% 18.5%
Residency
 Urban 45.4% 40.0% 43.2% 45.9% 43.9% 46.3% 43.9% 44.8%
 Rural 54.6% 60.0% 56.8% 54.1% 56.1% 53.7% 56.1% 55.2%
Education
Less than MS 63.5% 69.0% 63.0% 65.9% 64.6% 61.5% 63.3% 65.2%
More than MS 36.5% 31.0% 37.0% 34.1% 35.4% 38.5% 36.7% 34.8%
Marital Status
Never 66.7% 72.2% 72.0% 71.8% 71.7% 73.3% 71.8% 72.0%
Ever 33.3% 27.8% 28.0% 28.2% 28.3% 26.7% 28.2% 28.0%
Length of Working
mean (sd)
45.44 (36.56) 48.40 (38.21) 41.43 (33.72) 45.84 (37.61) 43.17 (35.08) 43.24 (37.13) 41.47 (33.48) 45.27 (37.46)
Living arrangement
Living with Partner 36.5% 38.1% 26.5% 26.1% 26.1% 28.1% 25.8% 27.0%
Not living w. partner 63.5% 61.9% 73.5% 73.9% 73.9% 71.9% 74.2% 73.0%
Venue Levelb
>3,000RMB) 23.8% 29.4% 26.7% 33.6%* 28.8% 33.3% 26.0% 33.6%
2,000~3,000 59.9% 51.6% 57.5% 48.9% 54.5% 51.9% 57.5% 50.0%
1,000~2,000 6.7% 7.9% 6.5% 8.6% 7.5% 6.7% 7.2% 7.6%
<1,000 9.5% 11.1% 9.2% 8.9% 9.2% 8.1% 9.3% 8.8%

Note:

a.

FSWs who completed more than half of the 17-item IPV-client scale.

b.

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

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001,

****

p<.0001