Table 1 Background characteristics, risk factors, prevalence of HIV and STIs of participating women selling sex in Lahore, Pakistan
From: HIV, STI prevalence and risk behaviours among women selling sex in Lahore, Pakistan
Place of work No. of participants (%) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Area "A" n = 248 (34) | Area "B" n = 241 (33) | Area "C" n = 241 (33) | n = 730 (100) | |
Age (years) | ||||
13-19 | 14 (6) | 8 (3) | 6 (3) | 28 (4) |
20-29 | 116 (47) | 103 (43) | 89 (37) | 308 (42) |
30-39 | 113 (45) | 125 (52) | 102 (42) | 340 (47) |
40+ | 6 (2) | 4 (1) | 44 (18) | 54 (7) |
Educational status (schooling in years) | ||||
No school | 159 (64) | 129 (54) | 147 (61) | 435 (60) |
1-5 | 44 (18) | 47 (19) | 36 (15) | 127 (17) |
6-12 | 45 (18) | 65 (27) | 58 (24) | 168 (23) |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 5 (2) | 12 (5) | 3 (1) | 20 (3) |
Married | 219 (88) | 211 (88) | 236 (98) | 666 (91) |
Divorced | 4 (2) | 12 (5) | 1 (0.5) | 17 (2) |
Widowed | 20 (8) | 6 (2) | 1 (0.5) | 27 (4) |
Risk factors | ||||
Condom use | ||||
Always | 181 (73) | 143 (59) | 147 (60) | 471 (65) |
Not always | 67 (27) | 98 (41) | 94 (40) | 259 (36) |
Duration of selling sex (years) | ||||
1-5 | 151 (61) | 122 (51) | 127 (53) | 400 (55) |
6-10 | 50 (20) | 43 (18) | 44 (18) | 137 (19) |
11-15 | 30 (12) | 30 (12) | 30 (12) | 90 (12) |
16-20 | 10 (4) | 26 (11) | 30 (12) | 66 (9) |
21-25 | 7 (3) | 11 (5) | 9 (4) | 27 (4) |
26-35 | 0 (0) | 9 (3) | 1 (0.4) | 10 (1) |
Injecting drugs | ||||
Yes | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.4) |
No | 246 (99) | 240 (99) | 241 (100) | 727 (99) |
Blood transfusion | ||||
Yes | 33 (13) | 43 (18) | 40 (17) | 116 (16) |
No | 215 (87) | 198 (82) | 201 (83) | 614 (84) |
Prevalence of HIV and STIs | ||||
HIV | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.7) |
Treponema pallidum | 10 (4.0) | 19 (7.9) | 4 (1.7) | 33 (4.5) |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 24 (9.7) | 24 (10.0) | 7 (2.9) | 55 (7.5) |
Chlamydia trachomatis | 9 (3.6) | 36 (14.9) | 11 (4.6) | 56 (7.7) |
Trichomonas vaginalis | 3 (1.2) | 27 (11.2) | 7 (2.9) | 37 (5.1) |
STIs | ||||
3 concomitant STIs | 1 (0.4) | 9 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (1.4) |
2 concomitant STIs | 4 (1.6) | 19 (7.9) | 3 (1.2) | 26 (3.6) |
1 STI | 35 (14.1) | 41 (17.0) | 23 (9.5) | 99 (13.6) |