Non-paying partnerships and its association with HIV risk behavior, program exposure and service utilization among female sex workers in India

Table 2 Unadjusted percent and adjusted odds ratio predicting HIV risk behavior and HIV prevention resources uptakewith cohabitation status as the main predictor variable among female sex workers in India

Dependent variables	Cohabitation status				Cohabiting husband vs. no non-paying partner	Cohabiting non-paying partner vs. no non-paying partner	Non-cohabiting non-paying partner vs. no non-paying partner
	No non-paying partner	Cohabiting husband	Cohabiting non-paying partner	Non-cohabiting non-paying partner	Cohabiting husband vs. no non-paying partner	Cohabiting non-paying partner vs. no non-paying partner	Non-cohabiting non-paying partner vs. no non-paying partner
	N = 2874	N = 3792	N = 1066	N = 377	AOR (95% CI)¹	AOR (95% CI)¹	AOR (95% CI)¹
HIV risk behaviors
Inconsistent condom use with occasional clients²	10.1	11.6	12.3	7.0	1.2 (1.0-1.4)	1.2 (1.0-1.6)	0.7 (0.5-1.0)
Inconsistent condom use with regular clients³	11.6	13.2	12.4	14.9	1.1 (1.0-1.4)	1.0 (0.8-1.3)	1.4 (1.0-1.8)^*
Inconsistent condom use with non-paying partner^4**	-	96.6	67.4	58.4
Program exposure
Contacted by a peer educator in past one month	52.2	57.8	60.0	66.8	1.1 (1.0-1.3)^*	1.2 (1.0-1.4)^*	1.7 (1.3-2.1)^**
Participation in events/groups
Member of a self help group	21.3	26.4	29.0	28.7	1.2 (1.1-1.4)^*	1.3 (1.1-1.6)^*	1.3 (1.1-1.6)^*
Member of sex worker collective	34.7	41.9	46.8	39.4	1.2 (1.1-1.4)^**	1.6 (1.4-1.9)^**	1.1 (0.9-1.4)
Attended meetings organized by NGO	46.7	53.1	54.9	59.8	1.1 (1.0-1.3)^*	1.2 (1.0-1.4)	1.5 (1.2-1.8)^**
Service utilization
Visited an STI clinic at least twice in last six months	46.5	51.8	54.5	60.8	1.1 (1.0-1.2)	1.1 (1.0-1.3)	1.6 (1.3-1.9)^**

^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.001.
¹AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval.
²Computed among those had sex with occasional clients, N = 7788.
³Computed among those had sex with regular clients, N = 7053.
⁴Percentages representing those who reported having a non-paying partner, N = 5235.
Multiple logistic regression models were adjusted for age, education, income other than sex work, financial debt, place of solicitation, residential status, alcohol consumption, experience of violence, age at sex work debut and client volume with having non-paying partner as the reference category.

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