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Table 1 Participant's socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics

From: Impact of five years of peer-mediated interventions on sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya

 

N

2000 survey

N

2005 survey

P-value¥

Age, mean years (sd)

503

31.0 (8.8)

504

29.5 (7.5)

0.004

Marital status, % (number of women)

503

 

506

  

   Single

 

43.9% (221)

 

43.1% (218)

 

   Married/cohabiting

 

39.4% (198)

 

2.8% (14)

 

   Separated/divorced

 

15.1% (76)

 

46.6% (236)

 

   Widowed

 

1.6% (8)

 

7.5% (38)

<0.001

Education, % (number of women)

502

 

506

  

   None

 

19.3% (97)

 

10.1% (51)

 

   Primary level

 

60.0% (301)

 

60.3% (305)

 

   Secondary level

 

18.5% (93)

 

27.1% (137)

 

   Tertiary level

 

2.2% (11)

 

2.6% (13)

< 0.001

Religion, % (number of women)

502

 

506

  

   Catholic

 

17.1% (86)

 

28.9% (146)

 

   Muslim

 

55.2% (277)

 

32.4% (164)

 

   Protestant

 

26.7% (134)

 

37.2% (188)

 

   Other

 

1.0% (5)

 

1.6% (8)

< 0.001

Number of living children, % (number of women)

503

 

506

  

   0

 

7.6% (38)

 

12.9% (65)

 

   1

 

22.9% (115)

 

28.1% (142)

 

   2–3

 

38.0% (191)

 

41.5% (210)

 

   > 3

 

31.6% (159)

 

17.6% (89)

< 0.001

Weekly income from sex work alone, mean USD (sd)

503

19.9 (16.9)

506

22.5 (15.8)

0.01

Alternative source of income, % (number of women)

503

 

506

  

   None

 

33.0% (166)

 

62.3% (315)

 

   Formal employment

 

1.8% (9)

 

1.4% (7)

 

   Informal trade

 

61.6% (310)

 

31.6% (160)

 

   Other

 

3.6% (18)

 

4.7% (24)

< 0.001

Where clients usually obtained, % (number)

502

 

506

  

   Home

 

47.8% (240)

 

15.9% (81)

 

   Hotel/guest house

 

40.0% (201)

 

0.8% (4)

 

   Bar/nightclub

 

9.4% (47)

 

75.5% (382)

 

   Street/beach

 

2.2% (11)

 

7.5% (38)

 

   Other

 

0.6% (3)

 

0.2% (1)

< 0.001

  1. ¥ P-value was calculated using chi-square test for categorical and unpaired Student's t test for continuous variables. Exchange rate of 1USD: 74 Kenya Shillings