Table 2.

Distributions and patterns of alcohol use among female sex workers (N = 470).

Alcohol Use	n	Unweighted Proportion % (95% CI)	Weighted Proportion % (95% CI)
Reported drinking alcohol the past year
Yes	405	86.2 (82.7–89.0)	82.1 (75.8–87.0)
No	65	13.8 (11.0–17.3)	17.9 (13.0–24.2)
Drinking at last sexual encounter with a client †
Yes	296	63.1 (58.6–67.4)	53.6 (47.0–60.2)
No	173 *	36.8 (32.6–41.4)	46.4 (39.8–53.0)
Hazardous alcohol use (AUDIT ≥ 8)
Yes	360	76.6 (72.5–80.2)	69.6 (62.6–75.9)
No	110 *	23.4 (19.8–27.5)	30.4 (24.1–37.4)
Harmful alcohol use (AUDIT ≥ 16)
Yes	230	48.9 (44.4–53.5)	37.3 (31.7–43.4)
No	240 *	51.1 (46.5–55.6)	62.7 (56.6–68.3)

* Participants who reported not drinking last year are included in “No”-category. † 1 missing observation.