Table 2 Sexual behavior characteristics among female sex workers, a cross-sectional survey in China, 2019
Variables | Total | HIV testing, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-tester | Facility-tester | Non-tester | ||
Total* | 1287 | 103 (8.0) | 969 (75.3) | 215 (16.7) |
Number of clients served in the past month, median (IQR) | ||||
|  | 22 (12–56) | 20 (10–60) | 25 (13–60) | 20 (10–30) |
Received money for vaginal sex (USD), median (IQR) | ||||
|  | 20 (15–45) | 25 (15–45) | 25 (15–45) | 20 (15–30) |
Consistently used condom in commercial vaginal sex in past month | ||||
| Â | 542 (42.1) | 39 (37.9) | 418 (43.1) | 85 (39.5) |
Provided oral sex in the past month | ||||
| Â | 750 (58.3) | 68 (66.0) | 588 (60.7) | 94 (43.7) |
Consistently used condom in commercial oral sex in past month | ||||
| Â | 120 (16.0) | 12 (17.7) | 83 (14.1) | 25 (26.6) |
Provided anal sex in the past month | ||||
| Â | 243 (18.9) | 32 (31.1) | 188 (19.4) | 23 (10.7) |
Consistently used condom in commercial anal sex in past month | ||||
| Â | 101 (41.6) | 13 (40.6) | 77 (40.9) | 11 (47.8) |
Used drugs before or during sex | ||||
| Â | 278 (21.6) | 37 (35.9) | 187 (19.3) | 54 (25.1) |
Injecting drugs in the past 6Â months | ||||
| Â | 56 (4.3) | 8 (7.8) | 43 (4.4) | 5 (2.3) |
Received any kind of HIV/STD-related services in the last year | ||||
| Â | 1232 (95.7) | 101 (98.1) | 951 (98.1) | 180 (83.7) |
Bulk purchase of condoms | ||||
| Â | 768 (59.7) | 64 (62.1) | 625 (64.5) | 79 (36.7) |
Bulk purchase of HIV self-test kits | ||||
| Â | 67 (5.2) | 22 (21.4) | 36 (3.7) | 9 (4.2) |
Tested for other STIs in the past 6Â months | ||||
| Â | 646 (50.2) | 77 (74.8) | 522 (53.9) | 47 (21.9) |
Diagnosed with other STIs | ||||
| Â | 394 (30.6) | 38 (36.9) | 320 (33.0) | 36 (16.7) |
Ever tested in the hospital | ||||
| Â | 692 (53.8) | 82 (79.6) | 610 (62.9) | - |
Ever tested in the community | ||||
| Â | 794 (61.7) | 65 (63.1) | 729 (75.2) | - |