Table 1 Demographic characteristics of FSWs in intervention and standard of care groups at baseline and follow-up
Variables | Baseline | Follow-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention N (%) | Current standard of care N (%) | P value | Intervention N (%) | Current standard of care N (%) | P value | |
Age group | ||||||
Age < 35 | 219 (35.7) | 204 (49.6) | < 0.001 | 110 (25.3) | 186 (45.7) | < 0.001 |
Age ≥ 35 | 394 (64.3) | 207 (50.4) | 325 (74.7) | 221 (54.3) | ||
Marital status | ||||||
In marriage/Cohabitation | 441 (71.9) | 294 (71. 5) | 0.887 | 278 (63.9) | 272 (66.8) | 0.373 |
Single/Divorced/widowed | 172 (28.1) | 117 (28.5) | 157 (36.1) | 135 (33.2) | ||
Educational level a | ||||||
Less than or equal to primary school | 389 (63.6) | 235 (57.2) | 0.040 | 268 (61.6) | 230 (57.2) | 0.196 |
Higher than primary school | 223 (36.4) | 176 (42.8) | 167 (38.4) | 172 (42.8) | ||
Daily number of clients a | ||||||
Less than five | 448 (73.2) | 336 (81.8) | 0.002 | 362 (83.2) | 311 (78.1) | 0.064 |
More than five | 164 (26.8) | 75 (18.2) | 73 (16.8) | 87 (21.9) | ||
Venue type a | ||||||
Self-rented rooms and “market day” rooms | 203 (33.1) | 144 (35.0) | 0.524 | 208 (47.8) | 196 (49.4) | 0.654 |
Small salon/massage room/ guesthouse/inn | 410 (66.9) | 267 (65.0) | 227 (52.2) | 201 (50.6) | ||
Price charged per vaginal sex | ||||||
≤ RMB 50 ** | 487 (79.4) | 253 (61.6) | < 0.001 | 261 (60.0) | 179 (44.0) | < 0.001 |
> RMB 51 | 126 (20.6) | 158 (38.4) | 174 (40.0) | 228 (56.0) | ||
HIV-related knowledge awareness | ||||||
Knowledgeable | 427 (69.7) | 251 (61.1) | < 0.001 | 409 (94.0) | 377 (92.6) | 0.418 |
Non-knowledgeable | 186 (30.3) | 160 (38.9) | 26 (6.0) | 30 (7.4) | ||
Consistent condom use | ||||||
Yes | 344 (56.1) | 232 (56.4) | 0.917 | 335 (77.0) | 287 (70.5) | 0.032 |
No | 269 (43.9) | 179 (43.6) | 100 (23.0) | 120 (29.5) | ||
Self-reported STD symptoms in past 6 months | ||||||
Yes | 64 (10.4) | 47 (11.4) | 0.616 | 9 (2.1) | 30 (7.4) | < 0.001 |
No | 549 (89.6) | 364 (88.6) | 426 (97.9) | 377 (92.6) | ||
Newly-diagnosed HIV infection | ||||||
Positive | 11 (1.8) | 11 (2.7) | 0.340 | 3 (0.7) | 4 (1.0) | 0.641 |
Negative | 602 (98.2) | 400 (97.3) | 432 (99.3) | 403 (99.0) | ||
Syphilis infection | ||||||
Positive | 68 (11.1) | 61 (14.8) | 0.076 | 27 (6.2) | 62 (15.2) | < 0.001 |
Negative | 545 (88.9) | 350 (85.2) | 408 (93.8) | 345 (84.8) | ||