Table 4.

Unweighted pooled estimates of risk factors associated with self-reported Sexually Transmitted Infections among Female Sex Workers (N = 1242), Mozambique 2012

Variables	Prevalence		Crude Odds Ratio			Adjusted Odds Ratio
	n/N	(%)	OR	95% CI	p-value	aOR	95% CI	p-value
Survey City
Maputo	106/400	26.5	0.9	0.7–1.3	0.006	1.1	0.8–1.6	0.126
Beira	171/411	41.6	1.9	1.4–2.5	< 0.001	2.0	1.5–2.8	< 0.001
Nampula	119/429	27.7	REF			REF
Age (years)
15–24	279/888	31.4
25 and over	117/352	33.2
Marital Status
Single or never married	239/798	30.0	REF			REF
Married/Co-habiting	42/87	48.3	2.2	1.4–3.4	0.001	2.0	1.2–3.3	0.005
Other (widowed, divorced or separated)	115/352	32.7	1.1	0.9–1.5	0.101	1.0	0.8–1.4	0.079
Education Level
No education or Primary level education	154/458	33.6				1.0	0.8–1.4	0.750
Secondary education or higher	242/779	31.1
Work aside from sex work
Other work	122/294	41.5	1.7	1.3–2.3	< 0.001	1.5	1.1–2.0	0.007
No other work	274/943	29.1	REF			REF
Binge drinking (6 or more alcoholic drinks per event)
Yes	125/334	37.4	1.4	1.1–1.8	0.013	1.2	0.9–1.6	0.153
No	270/901	30.0	REF			REF
Physical Violencea
Yes	78/172	45.4	2.0	1.4–2.7	< 0.001	1.5	1.1–2.2	0.023
Never	316/1061	29.8	REF			REF
Sexual Violencea
Yes	71/138	51.5	2.5	1.8–3.6	< 0.001	2.0	1.3–2.9	0.001
No	325/1098	29.6	REF			REF
Illicit drug use
Yes	16/24	66.7	4.4	1.9–10.3	< 0.001	4.0	1.5–10.5	0.005
No	380/1213	31.3	REF			REF
HIV infection
Positive	123/341	36.1	1.3	1.0–1.7	0.060	1.2	0.9–1.6	0.253
Negative	273/896	30.5	REF			REF
Comprehensive prevention services**
Yes	80/207	38.7	1.4	1.0–1.9	0.025	1.4	1.0–2.0	0.031
No	316/1030	30.7	REF			REF
Condom use with last client
No condom	123/316	38.9	1.5	1.2–2.0	0.002	1.4	1.0–1.9	0.030
Condom	271/919	29.5	REF			REF
Concurrent stable romantic partner & sex work
Yes	184/485	37.9	1.6	1.2–2.0	< 0.001	1.4	1.1–1.9	0.007
No	210/745	28.2	REF			REF

**Comprehensive prevention services refers to peer education & Information education and communication (IEC) materials