Table 1 Social demographic characteristics among female sex workers, a cross-sectional survey in China, 2019
Characteristics | Total | HIV testing, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-tester | Facility-tester | Non-tester | ||
Total* | 1287 | 103 (8.0) | 969 (75.3) | 215 (16.7) |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 18–25 | 271 (22.5) | 13 (13.4) | 221 (24.2) | 37 (19.2) |
 26–35 | 376 (31.3) | 28 (28.9) | 269 (29.5) | 79 (40.9) |
 36–45 | 312 (25.9) | 32 (33.0) | 221 (24.2) | 59 (30.6) |
 > 45 | 244 (20.3) | 24 (24.7) | 202 (22.1) | 18 (9.3) |
Workplace | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 High tier | 549 (42.7) | 49(47.6) | 428 (44.2) | 72 (33.5) |
 Low tier | 738 (57.3) | 54 (52.4) | 541 (55.8) | 143 (66.5) |
Legal marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Never married and not cohabiting | 227 (17.6) | 15 (14.6) | 170 (17.5) | 42 (19.5) |
 Never married but cohabiting | 167 (12.9) | 10 (9.7) | 141 (14.5) | 16 (7.4) |
 Married | 564 (43.8) | 47 (45.6) | 405 (41.8) | 112 (52.1) |
 Divorced or widowed | 329 (25.6) | 31 (30.1) | 253 (26.1) | 45 (21.0) |
Highest education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Elementary school or below | 481 (37.4) | 40(38.8) | 369 (38.1) | 72 (33.5) |
 Junior high school | 582 (45.2) | 45(43.7) | 419 (43.2) | 118 (54.9) |
 Senior High school or above | 224 (17.4) | 18(17.5) | 181 (18.7) | 25 (11.6) |
Annual income (USD) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 2000 | 12 (0.9) | 1 (1.0) | 11 (1.14) | 0 (0.0) |
 2001–5000 | 202 (15.7) | 16 (15.5) | 113 (11.7) | 73 (34.0) |
 5001–9000 | 398 (30.9) | 37 (35.9) | 281 (29.0) | 80 (37.2) |
 9001–$14 000 | 327 (25.4) | 22 (21.4) | 267 (27.6) | 38 (17.7) |
 > 14 000 | 348 (27.0) | 27 (26.2) | 297 (30.7) | 24 (11.1) |
Employed status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Self-employed | 572 (44.4) | 46 (44.7) | 436 (45.0) | 90 (41.9) |
 Employed by a boss | 715 (55.6) | 53 (55.3) | 524 (55.0) | 123 (58.1) |
Length of time working in current location | Â | Â | Â | |
 0–6 months | 383 (29.8) | 31 (30.1) | 225 (23.2) | 127 (59.1) |
 7–12 months | 254 (19.7) | 8 (7.8) | 201 (20.7) | 45 (20.9) |
 Over 1 year | 650 (50.5) | 64 (62.1) | 543 (56.1) | 43 (20.0) |
Number of cities worked in for selling sex | Â | Â | Â | |
 1 | 730 (56.7) | 62 (60.2) | 536 (55.3) | 132 (61.4) |
 2 | 261 (20.3) | 16 (15.5) | 217 (22.4) | 28 (13.0) |
 3 | 110 (8.6) | 9 (8.7) | 86 (8.9) | 15 (7.0) |
 > 3 | 186 (14.5) | 16 (15.5) | 130 (13.4) | 40 (18.6) |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Sampling province | 662 (51.4) | 60 (58.3) | 480 (49.5) | 122 (56.7) |
 Other province | 625 (48.6) | 43 (41.8) | 489 (50.5) | 93 (43.3) |