Relationship between mobility, violence and HIV/STI among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India

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Table 1 Background characteristics of female sex workers by experience of violence and mobility status in Andhra Pradesh, India

Characteristics	Total sample (%)	Experienced violence in the past one year^a			Mobility for sex work in the past one year^b
		No (%)	Yes (%)	p-value	No (%)	Yes (%)	p-value
Total sample	2042	1690	352		714	1328
Age (in years)
<30	45.1	81.0	19.0	0.718	31.1	68.9	0.344
30+	54.9	81.6	19.4		33.1	66.9
Marital status
Currently married	67.0	83.2	16.8	0.006	33.2	66.8	0.019
Never married	6.7	80.7	19.3		39.0	61.0
Previously married	26.3	76.8	23.2		28.0	72.0
Literacy
Illiterate	60.2	82.3	17.7	0.177	33.7	66.3	0.068
Literate	39.8	79.9	20.1		29.9	70.1
Alcohol consumption
Never	30.2	90.0	10.0	<0.001	53.3	46.7	<0.001
Ever	69.8	78.0	22.0		22.9	77.1
Experienced violence in the past one year ^a
No	81.3	-	-	-	35.6	64.4	<0.001
Yes	18.7				17.6	82.5
Mobility for sex work in the past one year ^b
No	32.2	89.8	10.2	<0.001	-	-	-
Yes	67.8	77.3	22.7
Duration of sex work (in years)
< 5	45.7	84.2	15.8	0.003	35.2	64.8	0.01
5+	54.3	79.0	21.0		29.7	70.3
Have a regular non-paying partner
No	24.9	80.5	19.5	0.580	41.4	58.6	<0.001
Yes	75.1	81.6	18.4		29.2	70.8
Primary place for entertaining clients ^c
Home-based	51.8	84.3	15.7	<0.001	33.3	66.7	0.182
Brothel-based	32.2	81.0	19.0		29.5	70.5
Public place	16.0	72.6	27.4		34.2	65.8
Client volume per week
<10	48.0	82.7	17.3	0.121	40.8	59.2	<0.001
10+	52.0	80.0	20.0		23.8	76.2

^a Physically beaten or forced to have sexual intercourse by any individual against their will in past one year.
^b Travelled outside their current place of residence and practiced sex work during their visit in past one year.
^c Home-based includes home and rented room; brothel-based includes brothel, dhaba, bar/night club and lodge; public place includes park, street, cinema hall, bus stand, railway station and vehicle.

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