Female sex work and international sport events - no major changes in demand or supply of paid sex during the 2010 Soccer World Cup: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Changes in police contact and provision of health services for sex workers during the World Cup study period

Variables	Study period			P-value^#	P-value^#
	Pre-WC	During WC	Post-WC
	(May-June; n = 601) I	(July-Aug; n = 508) II	(Sept; n = 538) III	I vs II	I vs III
Measures of police contact
Police contact in the last month, n/N (%)
Any police contact	167/575 (29.0%)	144/464 (31.0%)	156/509 (30.7%)	0.49	0.56
Negative police interaction ^#	101/575 (17.6%)	70/464 (15.1%)	80/509 (15.7%)	0.28	0.42
Positive police interaction^#	7/575 (1.2%)	2/464 (0.4%)	5/509 (1.0%)	0.17	0.71
Measures of health services contact
Health services contact in last month, n/N (%)
Any health services contact	358/574 (62.4%)	270/474 (57.0%)	300/497 (60.4%)	0.075	0.50
Contact for physical and sexual violence*	5/574 (0.9%)	2/474 (0.4%)	6/497 (1.2%)	0.37	0.59
Contact for HIV testing*	30/574 (5.2%)	19/474 (4.0%)	15/497 (3.0%)	0.35	0.072
Contact for any STI testing including HIV*	52/574 (9.1%)	34/474 (7.2%)	26/497 (5.2%)	0.27	0.016
Contact with peer educators*	21/574 (3.7%)	5/474 (1.1%)	16/497(3.2%)	0.007	0.70

^# chi-square test; WC World Cup; vs versus. Denominator below 601 due to some incomplete questionnaires; ^# Coded from free-text descriptions that participants provided about police contact in the preceding month; *Coded from free-text descriptions that participants provided about their most recent health care experience.

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