Experience of violence and adverse reproductive health outcomes, HIV risks among mobile female sex workers in India

Table 3 Results of the logistic regression analyses of mobile FSWs experience of physical violence or sexual violence (among those who experienced violence) and reproductive health and HIV risks (n = 1,676)

Dependent variables	Experienced physical violence	Experienced sexual violence (with/without physical violence)	OR^1,a(95% CI)	Adjusted OR^2,a(95%CI)
Reproductive health risks
FSWs who reported:
≤4 pregnancies
Yes	18.9	15.1	0.8 (0.6-0.9)*	0.9 (0.7-1.3)
No	81.1	84.9	Referent	Referent
Any pregnancy loss
Yes	33.1	29.9	0.9 (0.7-1.0)	0.9 (0.7-1.1)
No	66.9	70.1	Referent	Referent
Any forced termination of pregnancy
Yes	24.3	23.1	0.9 (0.7-1.1)	0.9 (0.7-1.1)
No	75.7	76.9	Referent	Referent
Multiple forced termination of pregnancies
Yes	6.8	8.5	1.2 (0.9-1.8)	1.1 (0.8-1.7)
No	93.2	91.5	Referent	Referent
Symptoms of RTI ³ (in last six months)
Yes	61.1	66.5	1.2 (1.0-1.5)**	1.3 (1.0-1.7)**
No	38.9	33.5	Referent	Referent
HIV risks
Inconsistent condom use (in last two years)
Yes	54.1	68.4	1.8 (1.5-2.2)***	1.8 (1.4-2.3)***
No	45.9	31.6	Referent	Referent
Inconsistent condom use (in last 7 days)
Yes	41.5	58.2	1.9 (1.6-2.4)***	1.8 (1.5-2.3)***
No	58.5	41.8	Referent	Referent
STI ⁴ symptoms (in last six months)
Yes	65.5	70.1	1.2 (1.0-1.5)*	1.3 (1.1-1.7)**
No	34.5	29.9	Referent	Referent
Perception of HIV risk
High/moderate	53.4	47.9	0.8 (0.6-0.9)**	0.9 (0.8-1.1)
Low	46.6	52.1	Referent	Referent

* p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001
¹ Odds ratio (unadjusted)
² Adjusted odds ratio: adjusted for age, education, marital status, duration of sex work, type of sex work, program exposure, mobility
³ Women reporting experience of any of the following two symptoms in the six months prior to the survey: excessive vaginal discharge, or pain in lower abdomen
⁴ Women reporting experience of any of the following four symptoms in the six months prior to the survey: ulcers/sores in genital area, swelling in groin area, pain during intercourse, or frequent/sometimes painful urination
^a Dependent variable: Predicting 'yes' on each of the dependent variables for reproductive health and HIV risks
^b Odds ratios are presented for key independent variable: Experienced physical violence only = Reference Category; Experienced sexual violence with or without physical violence = 1.

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