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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants (N=170)

From: Determinants of safe sexual behavior of female sex workers in Tehran: the woman, her network, and the sexual partner

Characteristics

N (%) or mean (SD)

Min-max

Age

34.4 (7.6)

17-58

Marital status

Single

33 (19%)

 

Married

137 (81%)

 

Educational level

Illiterate

5 (3%)

 

Just reading and writing

2 (1%)

 

Primary education

18 (10%)

 

secondary education

68 (40%)

 

High school or Diploma

71 (42%)

 

University degree

6 (4%)

 

Number of supported people by the FSWs

Nobody

104(61%)

 

One person or more

66 (39%)

 

Place of living

Homeless

47 (28%)

 

Living in others’ home

54 (32%)

 

Personal home

69 (40%)

 

Frequency of sex work in the last month (truncated)

 

10.2 (6.4)

1-60

History of HIV testing

Yes

139 (82%)

 

No

31 (18%)

 

HIV knowledge

 

78.2 (19.2)

0-100