Table 1 Profile of female sex workers according to their status of having non-paying sexual partners in India
Background characteristics | Number of FSWs | Have non-paying partner (N = 5235) | Have no non-paying partner (N = 2874) | Total (N = 8107) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% or mean (SD) | % or mean (SD) | % or mean (SD) | |||
Age (in years), Mean (SD) | 8,107 | 31.6 (7.0) | 31.8 (8.1) | 31.7 (7.3) | 0.194 |
Had no formal education | 4,898 | 52.2 | 56.2 | 53.4 | 0.001 |
Had no income other than sex work | 4,573 | 38.3 | 57.3 | 43.8 | <0.001 |
Had financial debt | 5,271 | 75.6 | 64.3 | 72.3 | <0.001 |
Localite* to the city/village of interview | 5,903 | 72.6 | 73.5 | 72.8 | 0.378 |
Place of solicitation | |||||
Home | 1,259 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 1.000 |
Brothel/Lodge/Dhaba | 1,851 | 10.3 | 17.7 | 12.5 | <0.001 |
Street | 4,997 | 74.9 | 67.5 | 72.7 | <0.001 |
Cohabitation status | 71.0 | ||||
Cohabiting husband | 3,792 | 72.4 | |||
Cohabiting non-paying partner | 1,066 | 20.4 | |||
Non-cohabiting non-paying partner | 377 | 7.2 | |||
Median duration of relationship (in years) | 5,235 | 11 | |||
Age at sex work debut, Mean (SD) | 8,107 | 25.9 (6.0) | 25.5 (6.7) | 25.8 (6.2) | 0.010 |
Had sex with 10+ clients in a week | 3,458 | 36.5 | 36.1 | 36.4 | 0.734 |
Consumed alcohol in past one month | 3,563 | 39.0 | 41.8 | 39.8 | 0.020 |
Experienced physical violence in past six months | 1318 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 17.1 | 0.448 |
Vulnerability index1, Mean (SD) | 8107 | 1.7 (0.7) | 1.5 (0.8) | 1.6 (0.8) | <0.001 |