Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and HIV-related perceptions among FSW: comparing those who did HIV testing and who did not

	Total	HIV testing status
		Never tested	Ever tested
Age, mean (SD)	24.89 (6.67)	24.0 (7.06)	25.88 (6.11)*
Ethnicity
Han (%)	84.37	51.39	48.61
Non-Han (%)	15.63	58.23	41.77
Residency
Urban (%)	44.41	50.56	49.44
Rural (%)	55.59	53.76	46.24
Education
≤Middle school (%)	60.23	49.92	50.08*
>Middle school (%)	39.76	56.91	43.09
Marital status
Never married (%)	71.51	54.77	45.23*
Ever married (%)	28.49	46.53	53.47
Length of working	43.98 (35.81)	38.42 (32.27)	49.31 (37.12)***
Living arrangement
Living with partner (%)	27.25	51.07	48.93
Not living w. partner (%)	72.75	52.96	47.04
Venue levela
Level 1 (>3,000 Yuan) (%)	29.94	35.14	64.86****
Level2 (2,000–3,000) (%)	54.11	60.55	39.45
Level3 (1,000–2,000) (%)	7.24	47.30	52.70
Level4 (<1,000) (%)	8.71	57.30	42.70
Monthly income 1,000 Yuan, mean (SD)	2.67 (2.36)	2.49 (2.34)	2.87 (2.41)*
Self-rated HIV-related knowledge
Not at all (%)	13.73	80.71	19.29****
Some (%)	71.57	53.84	46.16
A lot (%)	14.71	20.00	80.00
Perception risk of HIV infectionb
Likely (%)	5.82	57.63	42.37
Unlikely (%)	94.18	52.15	47.85

FSW female sex workers

^aVenues are classified into 4 levels by the mean monthly income of FSW in each venue

^bFor perceived risks, regroup the responses into likely (very likely, likely) and unlikely (unlikely, very unlikely)

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01

^***P < 0.005

^****P < 0.0001