Table 3 HIV prevention behavior among FSWs in Dima district, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 449)
HIV prevention methods | Responses | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Ever tested for HIV | Yes | 428 | 95.3 |
No | 21 | 4.7 | |
tested for HIV in the past three months (n = 428) | Yes | 341 | 75.9 |
No | 87 | 19.4 | |
Consistent condom use in the past six months | Yes | 285 | 63.5 |
No | 164 | 36.5 | |
The pattern of condom use | Always | 285 | 63.5 |
Sometime | 129 | 28.7 | |
Causal | 24 | 5.3 | |
Never | 11 | 2.4 | |
Sharing of injecting equipment with others in the past six months | No | 384 | 85.5 |
Yes | 65 | 14.5 | |
HIV prevention behavior | high prevention behavior | 291 | 64.8 |
low prevention behavior | 158 | 35.2 |