Table 3 Adjusted empowerment means for socio-demographic, sex work and program variables for a sample of 1750 female sex workers in south India
From: Community mobilization, empowerment and HIV prevention among female sex workers in south India
Characteristic | All districts | Belgaum Gulbarga and & Gadag (high intensity) | Dharwad and & Solapur (low intensity) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Power within | Power with | Power over | Power within | Power with | Power over | Power within | Power with | Power over | |
Age | |||||||||
18-21 (ref) | -.15 | -.08 | -.61 | .42 | .11 | -.46 | -.97 | -.47 | -.90 |
22-25 | -.09 | -.20 | -.56 ‡ | .40 | .002 | -.44 | -.76 | -.55 | -.80 |
26-30 | -.10 | -.07 | -.18 ‡ | .27 | .08 | -.03 ** | -.56 * | -.33 | -.46 * |
31-35 | -.04 | -.14 | .12 ‡ | .32 | .03 | .30 ‡ | -.52 * | -.38 | -.22 ** |
36 + | .03 | -.03 | .39 ‡ | .36 | .18 | .60 ‡ | -.40 * | -.36 | .04 ‡ |
District | |||||||||
Belgaum (ref) | .28 | .26 | .17 | .40 | .20 | .16 | |||
Gulbarga | .06‡ | .11 | -.13 ‡ | .15‡ | .05 ‡ | -.14 ** | |||
Gadag | .42‡ | .04 | -.01‡ | .51 ** | -.01** | -.03 ‡ | |||
Dharwad | -.15‡ | -.05 | -.19 ‡ | -.16 | .06 | -.20 | |||
Solapur | -.96‡ | -.87 | -.68 ‡ | −1.13 ‡ | -.89 ‡ | -.73 ‡ | |||
Type of sex work | |||||||||
Street based (ref) | -.04 | -.16 | -.20 | .32 | .14 | -.02 | -.61 | -.58 | -.52 |
Home | -.07** | -.18 | -.16 | .17 | -.03 ** | -.03 | -.55 | -.50 | -.45 |
Contacted by phone | -.18 | -.08 | -.17 | .18 ** | .15 | -.02 | -.75 | -.35 * | -.43 |
Brothel, vehicle, bar/nightcluba. | .02 | .01 | -.14 | .74 ‡ | .07 * | .05 | -.66 | -.25 * | -.48 |
Client no. past 7 working days | |||||||||
< 5 (ref) | -.07 | -.18 | -.10 | .44 | .03 | .07 | -.81 | -.53 | -.41 |
5+ | -.06 | -.03* | -.23 | .26 * | .13 * | -.08 | -.47 ** | -.30 | -.52 |
Total no. of sexual partners past 7 working days | |||||||||
<5 (ref) | .04 | -.20 | -.02 | .39 | .15 | -.05 | -.40 | -.33 | -.48 |
5+ | -.18** | -.17 | -.19** | .31 | .01 | .04 | -.88 ‡ | -.51 | -.46 |
Member of CBO | |||||||||
No (ref) | -.06 | -.18 | -.16 | .34 | .04 | -.02 | -.64 | -.54 | -.48 |
Yes | -.07 | -.03** | -.17 | .36 | .12 | .01 | -.65 | -.30 ** | -.45 |
Time since first program contact | |||||||||
Less than 6 months (ref) | -.30 | -.42 | -.12 | .19 | -.16 | -.06 | -.69 | -.73 | -.41 |
6-12 months ago | -.10* | -.15** | -.19 | .33 | .07 | -.0003 | -.62 | -.44 ** | -.51 |
1-2 years ago | .02‡ | .04 | -.20 | .38 | .14 | .04 | -.71 | -.26 ‡ | -.55 |
>2 years ago | .11‡ | .12 | -.14 | .50 * | .27 * | .01 | -.55 | -.26 ‡ | -.40 |
Number of times contacted by peer educator in past 6 months | |||||||||
<10 (ref) | -.19 | -.37 | -.20 | .14 | -.11 | .02 | -.53 | -.68 | -.51 |
10-14 | -.20 | -.20** | -.11 | .13 | .02 | -.09 | -.73 | -.66 | -.28 ** |
15-19 | -.06* | -.05 | -.14 | .35 * | .15 * | .05 | -.61 | -.61 | -.50 |
20-24 | .02** | .02 | -.08 | .42 ** | .20 ** | .06 | -.34 | -.42 * | -.30 * |
25-29 | -.09 | -.07** | -.21 | .38 * | -.08 | .04 | -.61 | -.73 | -.75 |
30 + | .12‡ | .05 | -.24 | .69 ‡ | .29 ‡ | -.10 | -.60 | -.75 | -.47 |