Table 2:
Mean resilience among women sex workers by hypothesized resilience risk factors
| Cisgender Sex Workers (n=165) | Transgender Sex Workers (n=42) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (col%) | Mean Resilience (95% CI) | P-value | n (col%) | Mean Resilience (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Drug use experiences | ||||||
| Injection drug use, past 3 months | ||||||
| None | 75 (45.5) | 23.4 (21.5,25.3) | Ref | 42 (97.7) | 31.7 (29.5,33.9) | NA |
| Less than daily | 26 (15.8) | 23.7 (20.0,27.5) | 0.796 | 0 (0) | ||
| Daily injection | 64 (38.8) | 25.6 (23.7,27.5) | 0.088 | 0 (0) | ||
| Daily non-injection drug use, past 3 months | ||||||
| No | 39 (23.6) | 25 (22.3,27.7) | 27 (62.8) | 33 (30.3,35.6) | ||
| Yes | 126 (76.4) | 24.1 (22.6,25.5) | 0.484 | 16 (37.2) | 29.9 (26.6,33.2) | <0.001** |
| Overdose, past 3 months | ||||||
| No | 144 (87.3) | 24.4 (23.1,25.7) | 40 (93.0) | 31.8 (29.6,34.0) | ||
| Yes | 21 (12.7) | 23.4 (19.0,27.9) | 0.333 | 2 (4.7) | 32 (27.7,36.3) | 0.92 |
| HIV Status | ||||||
| Negative at 6m follow-up | 154 (93.3) | 24.7 (23.4, 25.9) | Ref | 23 (53.5) | 32.6 (30.6,34.7) | |
| Positive, previously diagnosed | 8 (4.9) | 15.4 (7.6,23.1) | 0.063 | 18 (41.9) | 31.7 (27.8,35.6) | 0.698 |
| Positive, diagnosed at current visit | 3 (1.8) | 29.3 (20.9, 37.8) | 0.271 | 2 (4.7) | 23 (14.3,31.7) | 0.062 |
| Law enforcement experiences | ||||||
| Arrested, past 6 months | ||||||
| No | 130 (78.8) | 24.5 (23.1,25.9) | 37 (86.1) | 31.9 (29.6,34.2) | ||
| Yes | 35 (21.2) | 23.5 (20.4,26.5) | 0.446 | 6 (13.9) | 31.2 (26.0,36.4) | 0.8 |
| Mean | ß (95%CI) | P-value | Mean | ß (95%CI) | P-value | |
| Egregious policing score, past 6 months | 1.7 | −1 (1.3, 2.1) | <0.001** | 1.6 | −0.2 (0.7, 2.5) | 0.203 |
| Routine policing score, past 6 months | 2.5 | −1 (2.2, 2.8) | 0.007** | 2.8 | 0.1 (2.2, 3.4) | 0.873 |
| Childhood violence indicators | ||||||
| Childhood physical or sexual violence | 85 (51.5) | 23.5 (21.9,25.1) | 0.604 | 19 (44.2) | 32.6 (29.7,35.6) | 0.001** |
| Physical violence | 70 (42.4) | 23.9 (22.2,25.6) | 0.968 | 9 (20.9) | 31.4 (28.3,34.4) | 0.841 |
| Sexual violence | 55 (33.3) | 23.2 (21.2,25.1) | 0.212 | 15 (34.9) | 32.5 (28.8,36.2) | 0.431 |
| Minor at entry into sex work | 31 (18.8) | 23.5 (20.4,26.5) | 0.457 | 24 (55.8) | 31.5 (28.5,34.5) | 0.173 |
| Forced or coerced into sex work | 11 (6.7) | 20.1 (15.7,24.4) | 0.074 | 3 (7.0) | 27.7 (20.2,35.2) | 0.197 |
| Intimate partner violence | ||||||
| Sexual | ||||||
| Never | 122 (73.9) | 25.2 (23.6,26.7) | 26 (60.5) | 32.4 (29.8,35.0) | Ref | |
| Ever (>3 months ago) | 35 (21.2) | 22.1 (19.9,24.2) | 0.012* | 10 (23.3) | 29 (24.2,33.8) | 0.34 |
| Past 3 months | 8 (4.8) | 20.9 (17.3,24.4) | <0.001** | 7 (16.3) | 33.4 (29.0,37.9) | 0.179 |
| Physical | ||||||
| Never | 83 (50.3) | 24.6 (22.7,26.5) | 27 (62.8) | 32.1 (29.3,34.8) | Ref | |
| Ever (>3 months ago) | 67 (40.6) | 23.8 (21.8,25.8) | 0.615 | 9 (20.9) | 33.1 (29.7,36.5) | 0.686 |
| Past 3 months | 15 (9.1) | 24.7 (21.8,27.7) | 0.953 | 7 (16.3) | 29 (23.3,34.7) | 0.001** |
| Client violence | ||||||
| Sexual | ||||||
| Never | 76 (46.1) | 26 (24.2,27.8) | 17 (39.5) | 35.5 (33.7,37.4) | Ref | |
| Ever (>3 months ago) | 64 (38.8) | 23.7 (21.8,25.6) | 0.043* | 15 (34.9) | 28.9 (24.9,32.9) | 0.015* |
| Past 3 months | 25 (15.2) | 20.6 (17.1,24.2) | <0.001** | 11 (25.6) | 29.7 (25.5,33.9) | 0.288 |
| Physical | ||||||
| Never | 80 (48.5) | 25.6 (23.7,27.4) | 19 (44.2) | 34.3 (31.9,36.6) | Ref | |
| Ever (>3 months ago) | 62 (37.6) | 24 (22.2,25.9) | 0.148 | 12 (27.9) | 29.4 (25.0,33.8) | 0.074 |
| Past 3 months | 23 (13.9) | 20.7 (16.8,24.5) | <0.001** | 12 (27.9) | 30.4 (26.2,34.7) | 0.518 |
| Police violence | 32.6 (29.7,35.6) | |||||
| Sexual | 31.4 (28.3,34.4) | |||||
| Never | 123 (74.5) | 24.8 (23.4,26.2) | 27 (62.8) | 32.5 (28.8,36.2) | Ref | |
| Ever (>3 months ago) | 36 (21.8) | 25.1 (22.7,27.6) | 0.78 | 13 (30.2) | 31.5 (28.5,34.5) | 0.951 |
| Past 3 months | 6 (3.6) | 9.7 (3.3,16.0) | <0.001** | 3 (7.0) | 27.7 (20.2,35.2) | 0.537 |
| Physical | ||||||
| Never | 114 (69.1) | 24.1 (22.5,25.6) | 30 (69.8) | Ref | ||
| Ever (>3 months ago) | 45 (27.3) | 25.6 (23.3,27.8) | 0.208 | 12 (27.9) | 32.4 (29.8,35.0) | 0.122 |
| Past 3 months | 6 (3.6) | 19.3 (10.5,28.1) | 0.302 | 1 (2.3) | 29 (24.2,33.8) | <0.001** |
P-values derived from bivariate regression with continuous outcome (resilience) and adjusted for clustering by recruitment zone.
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01