HIV- and sex work-related stigmas and quality of life of female sex workers living with HIV in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Crude prevalence ratios of high quality of life in FSW living with HIV (n = 1373)

Attribute	Stigma subscale	Higher environment QoL		Higher overall QoL
Attribute	Stigma subscale	Crude PR (95% CI)	p-value	Crude PR (95% CI)	p-value
Sex work	Any anticipated (ref: no anticipated)	0.65 (0.54, 0.77)	< 0.001^*	0.92 (0.85, 0.99)	0.035^*
	Any enacted (ref: no enacted)	0.76 (0.65, 0.88)	< 0.001^*	0.89 (0.83, 0.96)	0.002^*
	Internalized None/minimal (ref: 3–6)	Ref		Ref
	Mild (7–9)	0.93 (0.76, 1.11)	0.418	1.08 (0.99, 1.18)	0.083
	Moderate (10- 12)	0.77 (0.63, 0.94)	0.009^*	0.88 (0.80, 0.98)	0.016^*
	Severe (13–15)	0.64 (0.47, 0.86)	0.003^*	0.89 (0.78, 1.03)	0.108
HIV	Any Anticipated (ref: no anticipated)	0.58 (0.40, 0.85)	0.005^*	0.76 (0.63, 0.91)	0.003^*
HIV	Any Enacted (ref: no enacted)	0.55 (0.42, 0.72)	< 0.001^*	0.78 (0.69 0.89)	< 0.001^*

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