Table 3 Demographics and sexual practices of MSWs by duration of selling sex to men
From: An exploration of elevated HIV and STI risk among male sex workers from India
Characteristics | Duration selling sex (Years) | Chi2p-value for trends | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-1 | 2-5 | 6-10 | 11-38 | |||
% (n = 40) | % (n = 124) | % (n = 97) | % (n = 65) | |||
Demographics | ||||||
Mean age (SD) | 22.6 (4.2) | 24.7 (4.5) | 27.5 (4.2) | 33.1 (5.7) | <0.001 | 26.9 (5.8) |
Literate | 87.5 (35) | 85.5 (106) | 71.1 (69) | 66.2 (43) | <0.001 | 77.6 (253) |
Currently married | 25.0 (10) | 25.8 (32) | 30.9 (30) | 47.7 (31) | 0.004 | 31.6 (103) |
Living with sexual partner (male or female) | 37.5 (15) | 38.7 (48) | 41.2 (40) | 55.4 (36) | 0.041 | 42.6 (139) |
Self-reported receptors (kothis) | 42.5 (17) | 61.3 (76) | 72.2 (70) | 78.5 (51) | <0.001 | 65.6 (214) |
Sexual partners | ||||||
Sex with women in the past 3 months | 37.5 (15) | 37.1 (46) | 37.1 (36) | 47.7 (31) | 0.250 | 39.3 (128) |
Sex with wife in past month | 20.0 (8) | 23.4 (29) | 21.7 (21) | 40.0 (26) | 0.024 | 25.8 (84) |
Mean number of male partners in the past 7 days (SD) | 7.7 (6.6) | 7.1 (7.6) | 8.9 (10.2) | 10.6 (11.5) | <0.001 | 8.6 (9.0) |
Paid men for sex past 7 days | 17.5 (7) | 15.3 (19) | 7.2 (7) | 13.9 (9) | 0.327 | 12.9 (42) |
Sexual practices reported for the past 3 months | ||||||
Insertive anal sex with a male partner | 52.5 (21) | 41.9 (52) | 34 (33) | 26.2 (17) | 0.003 | 37.7 (123) |
Insertive vaginal sex | 27.5 (11) | 35.5 (44) | 35.1 (34) | 47.7 (31) | 0.049 | 36.8 (120) |
Condom use | ||||||
At last insertive anal sex with male partner | 85.7 (18) | 76.9 (40) | 81.8 (27) | 88.2 (15) | 0.689 | 81.3 (100) |
At last insertive vaginal sex | 45.5 (5) | 47.7 (21) | 32.4 (11) | 41.9 (13) | 0.508 | 41.7 (50) |
Consistent condom use with non-commercial male partner | 35.7 (10) | 50.6 (46) | 48.3 (29) | 57.1 (24) | 0.162 | 49.3 (109) |
Consistent condom use with non-commercial female partner | 7.1 (2) | 4.4 (4) | 3.3 (2) | 9.5 (4) | 0.592 | 5.4 (12) |
Other risk factors, knowledge and uptake of STI services | ||||||
Current use of alcohol or drugs | 65.0 (26) | 66.1 (82) | 85.6 (83) | 76.9 (50) | 0.012 | 73.9 (241) |
Heard about STIs | 60.0 (24) | 75.0 (93) | 79.4 (77) | 70.8 (46) | 0.329 | 73.6 (240) |
Self-perceived as at high risk for STI acquisition | 7.5 (3) | 12.9 (16) | 15.5 (15) | 29.2 (19) | 0.002 | 16.3 (53) |
Prevalence of STIs and HIV | ||||||
Syphilis serology | 0.0 (0) | 8.1 (10) | 8.3 (8) | 6.2 (4) | 0.429 | 6.8 (22) |
Rectal NG/CT | 7.5 (3) | 14.5 (18) | 16.5 (16) | 10.8 (7) | 0.762 | 13.5 (44) |
HSV-2 | 35.0 (14) | 48.4 (60) | 66.0 (64) | 84.6 (55) | <0.001 | 59.2 (193) |
HIV positivity | 32.5 (13) | 35.5 (44) | 48.5 (47) | 56.9 (37) | <0.001 | 43.3 (141) |