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Table 4 Association between sex-work typology and partnership events with length of transition period, by type of first-sex

From: Characterizing sexual histories of women before formal sex-work in south India from a cross-sectional survey: implications for HIV/STI prevention

 

First-sex = commercial

First-sex ≠ commercial

 

       Univariate

 

       Multivariate

 

     Univariate

 

       Multivariate

 
 

Slope (95%, CI)

p

Slope (95%, CI)

p

Slope (95%, CI)

p

Slope (95%, CI)

p

Sex-work typology

        

Traditional (Devadasi)

-2.7 (-4.4,-0.96)

0.003

-1.7 (-3.7,-0.3)

0.04

-5.1 (-6.7,3.5)

<0.001

-4.1 (-5.9,-2.3)

<0.001

Non-traditional

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Partnerships during the transition period

        

1st partner became a long-term partner

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

1st partner did not become a long-term partner, but had at least 1 long-term partner

0.56 (-1.1,2.2)

0.5

0.79 (-0.82,2.4)

0.3

-2.5 (-4.2,-0.95)

0.002

-1.3 (-2.9,0.23)

0.09

Partnership status at self-reported start of sex work

        

Ongoing long-term partnership

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

All long-term partnerships dissolved

1.5 (-0.09,3.1)

0.07

1.8 (0.3,3.3)

0.02

1.5 (0.45,2.6)

0.005

-1.3 (-2.4,-0.22)

0.02

Widowed

2.6 (-0.3,5.4)

0.08

1.7 (-1.3,4.6)

0.3

-1.5 (-2.6,-0.31)

0.01

1.2 (0.16,2.3)

0.02

No long-term partners (during transition period)

-3.7 (-5.0,-2.4)

<0.001

-2.6 (-4.0,-1.2)

<0.001

-7.5 (-10.1,-5.0)

<0.001

-5.1 (-9.1,-1.2)

0.01

R2

  

0.47

   

0.51

 
  1. Transition period refers to the time between first-sex and self-reported start of sex-work. The slope represents the change in transition time (in years) compared to the reference group.