A study of HIV/AIDS related knowledge, attitude and behaviors among female sex workers in Shanghai China

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of FSWs from downtown and suburban areas

Characteristics	Downtown ( n = 158)		Suburban ( n = 166)		Total ( n = 324)		χ ² _rs ^a	P -value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age:
mean ± SD (range)	25.3 ± 4.8(15.5-36.2)		25.9 ± 5.1 (16.5-37.1)		25.5 ± 4.9(15.5-37.1)
< 25	88	55.7	84	50.6	172	53.1	0.437	0.748
25 +	70	44.3	82	49.4	152	46.9
Marital status
Never married	76	48.1	70	42.2	146	45.1	0.751	0.483
Married or divorced	82	51.9	96	57.8	178	54.9
Education
<= Middle school	119	75.3	134	81.7	224	78.1	1.076	0.184
High school +	39	24.7	32	19.3	71	21.9
Monthly income (RMB)
< 2500 Yuan	96	60.8	122	73.5	218	67.3	14.432	< 0.050
2500 + Yuan	62	39.2	44	26.5	106	32.7

a: We estimated the ICC as 0.01. Computed adjustments χ ² _rsto the Pearson chi-square were made as proposed by Rao and Scott [12] that adjusted for the clustering design effect (10 geographic sites).

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