Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of FSWs in Nagaland, by typology categories (n = 417)
From: HIV risks vary according to type of sex work in a cross-sectional survey from Nagaland, India
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Characteristic | Total | Home-to-home | Public-to- home | Phone-to-home | Public-to-public | Public-to-RRL | Phone-to-RRL | RRL-to-RRL | Other | p-value * |
n (%) | 417 (100) | 67 (16.1) | 31 (7.4) | 16 (3.8) | 20 (4.8) | 132 (31.7) | 64 (15.3) | 36 (8.6) | 51 (12.2) | |
Age (years)† | 0.001 | |||||||||
??18-24 | 168 (40.6) | 25 (37.9) | 11 (35.5) | 9 (56.3) | 4 (21.1) | 43 (32.8) | 34 (53.1) | 22 (61.1) | 20 (39.2) | |
??25-34 | 163 (39.4) | 22 (33.3) | 8 (25.8) | 4 (25.0) | 8 (42.1) | 60 (45.8) | 26 (40.6) | 12 (33.3) | 23 (45.1) | |
??35+ | 83 (20.1) | 19 (28.8) | 12 (38.7) | 3 (18.8) | 7 (36.8) | 28 (21.4) | 4 (6.3) | 2 (5.6) | 8 (15.7) | |
??Mean (SD) | 26.9 (6.9) | 28.0 (7.8) | 29.3 (8.3) | 25.3 (6.5) | 29.3 (7.0) | 27.5 (6.7) | 25.2 (5.3) | 23.3 (5.1) | 26.6 (7.0) | 0.001 |
Can read and write | <0.001 | |||||||||
??No | 247 (59.2) | 40 (59.7) | 23 (74.2) | 5 (31.3) | 16 (80.0) | 109 (82.6) | 13 (20.3) | 12 (33.3) | 29 (56.9) | |
??Yes | 170 (40.8) | 27 (40.3) | 8 (25.8) | 11 (69.8) | 4 (20.0) | 23 (17.4) | 51 (79.7) | 24 (66.7) | 22 (43.1) | |
Mother tongue‡ | <0.001 | |||||||||
??Naga | 205 (49.3) | 37 (55.2) | 10 (32.3) | 14 (87.5) | 2 (10.0) | 29 (22.0) | 54 (84.4) | 27 (75.0) | 32 (64.0) | |
??Non-Naga | 211 (50.7) | 30 (44.8) | 21 (67.7) | 2 (12.5) | 18 (90.0) | 103 (78.0) | 10 (15.6) | 9 (25.0) | 18 (36.0) | |
Marital Status | <0.001 | |||||||||
??Unmarried | 102 (24.5) | 18 (26.9) | 4 (12.9) | 9 (56.3) | 3 (15.0) | 5 (3.8) | 31 (48.4) | 15 (41.7) | 17 (33.3) | |
??Married | 157 (37.7) | 14 (20.9) | 13 (41.9) | 2 (12.5) | 6 (30.0) | 76 (57.6) | 21 (32.8) | 12 (33.3) | 13 (25.5) | |
??Divorced or Separated | 87 (20.9) | 20 (29.9) | 9 (29.0) | 3 (18.8) | 4 (20.0) | 28 (21.2) | 8 (12.5) | 5 (13.9) | 10 (19.6) | |
??Widowed | 71 (17.0) | 15 (22.4) | 5 (16.1) | 2 (12.5) | 7 (35.0) | 23 (17.4) | 4 (6.3) | 4 (11.1) | 11 (21.6) | |
Has been beaten in the past six months§ | <0.001 | |||||||||
??No | 265 (63.9) | 54 (80.6) | 17 (54.8) | 12 (75.0) | 11 (55.0) | 61 (46.6) | 47 (74.6) | 27 (75.0) | 36 (70.6) | |
??Yes | 150 (36.1) | 13 (19.4) | 14 (45.2) | 4 (25.0) | 9 (45.0) | 70 (53.4) | 16 (25.4) | 9 (25.0) | 15 (29.4) | |