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Table 3 Change in residence, working location, and behaviors during the follow-up cohort study among the 270 female sex workers included, stratified by HIV and drug using status.

From: Mobility, risk behavior and HIV/STI rates among female sex workers in Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province, China

Variables

HIV positive (N = 47)

HIV negative (N = 223)

Pvalue

Drug users (N = 63)

Non-drug users

(N = 207)

Pvalue

Higher risk venue

(N = 107)

Lower risk venue

(N = 163)

Pvalue

Change residence during follow-up

Yes

22 (46.8)

150 (67.3)

< .01

28 (44.4)

144 (69.6)

< .01

59 (55.1)

113 (69.3)

0.02

 

No

25 (53.2)

73 (32.7)

 

35 (55.6)

63 (30.4)

 

48 (44.9)

50 (30.7)

 

Frequency of changing residence in one year

 

1.8

2.4

0.18

1.4

2.5

< .01

1.9

2.5

0.09

Months of providing sexual services in one year

 

10.6

10.7

0.88

11.1

10.6

0.22

11.3

10.3

< .01

Average number of working locations in one month

 

1.4

1.2

0.11

1.5

1.1

< .01

1.5

1.1

< .01

Average number of clients in one month

 

17.7

10.7

< .01

21.1

9.1

< .01

19.2

7.1

< .01

Used condoms with every client in previous year

Yes

30 (63.8)

158 (70.8)

0.34

37 (58.7)

151 (72.9)

0.03

59 (55.1)

129 (79.1)

< .01

 

No

17 (36.2)

65 (29.2)

 

26 (41.3)

56 (27.1)

 

48 (44.9)

34 (20.9)

 

Condoms were provided at the working locations

Yes

30 (63.8)

139 (62.3)

0.85

41 (65.1)

128 (61.8)

0.64

61 (57.0)

108 (66.3)

0.12

 

No

17 (36.2)

84 (37.7)

 

22 (34.9)

79 (38.2)

 

46 (43.0)

55 (33.7)

 

Earnings per client

 

86.7

130.2

< .01

90.5

131.9

< .01

81.6

150.2

< .01

Months of working in two or more locations

 

4.4

3.8

0.35

5.0

3.6

0.03

4.7

3.4

0.02

Had primary work location

Yes

18 (38.3)

113 (50.7)

0.12

32 (50.8)

99 (47.8)

0.68

57 (53.3)

74 (45.4)

0.21

 

No

29 (61.7)

110 (49.3)

 

31 (49.2)

108 (52.2)

 

50 (46.7)

89 (54.6)

 

Changed primary work location

Yes

4 (22.2)

36 (31.9)

0.58

8 (25.0)

32 (32.3)

0.51

18 (31.6)

22 (29.7)

0.82

 

No

14 (77.8)

77 (68.1)

 

24 (75.0)

67 (67.7)

 

39 (68.4)

52 (70.3)

 

Earnings per month aside from sexual services

 

270.3

530.4

< .01

328.5

532.8

< .01

265.1

629.5

< .01

Had regular sex partner

Yes

34 (72.3)

156 (67.0)

0.74

42 (66.7)

148 (71.5)

0.46

76 (71.0)

114 (69.9)

0.85

 

No

13 (27.7)

67 (30.0)

 

21 (33.3)

59 (28.5)

 

31 (29.0)

49 (30.1)

 

Months per year of having sex with regular partner

 

4.7

6.4

0.55

7.8

7.1

0.46

7.7

6.9

0.41

Consistently used condoms with regular partner

Yes

12 (35.3)

26 (16.7)

0.01

8 (19.0)

30 (20.3)

0.86

14 (18.4)

24 (21.1)

0.66

 

No

22 (64.7)

130 (83.3)

 

34 (81.0)

118 (79.7)

 

62 (81.6)

90 (78.9)

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