Table 3 Sex work characteristics among 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) | |
Duration of sex work (years)† | 0.017 | |||||||||
0-1 | 130 (33.1) | 22 (36.7) | 9 (30.0) | 3 (18.8) | 5 (27.8) | 37 (29.8) | 14 (22.2) | 19 (57.6) | 21 (42.9) | |
2-4 | 163 (41.5) | 24 (40.0) | 14 (46.7) | 9 (56.3) | 9 (50.0) | 43 (34.7) | 33 (52.4) | 12 (36.4) | 19 (38.8) | |
5+ | 100 (25.5) | 14 (23.3) | 7 (23.3) | 4 (25.0) | 4 (22.2) | 44 (35.5) | 16 (25.4) | 2 (6.1) | 9 (18.4) | |
Mean (SD) | 3.5 (3.5) | 3.6 (4.3) | 3.6 (3.3) | 3.3 (2.2) | 3.1 (2.9) | 4.2 (4.1) | 3.7 (3.1) | 1.9 (1.6) | 2.80 (2.6) | 0.049 |
How much their last client paid them for sex‡ | <0.001 | |||||||||
≤200 INR | 206 (51.8) | 34 (54.8) | 22 (71.0) | 4 (28.6) | 12 (66.7) | 85 (64.4) | 13 (22.4) | 16 (47.1) | 20 (40.8) | |
>200 INR | 192 (48.2) | 28 (45.2) | 9 (29.0) | 10 (71.4) | 6 (33.3) | 47 (35.6) | 45 (77.6) | 18 (52.9) | 29 (59.2) | |
Has occasional clients | <0.001 | |||||||||
No | 126 (30.2) | 33 (49.3) | 11 (35.5) | 10 (62.5) | 8 (40.0) | 16 (12.1) | 16 (25.0) | 17 (47.2) | 15 (29.4) | |
Yes | 291 (69.8) | 34 (50.8) | 20 (64.5) | 6 (37.5) | 12 (60.0) | 116 (87.9) | 48 (75.0) | 19 (52.8) | 36 (70.6) | |
Has regular clients | -- | |||||||||
No | 30 (7.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (25.0) | 20 (15.2) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (2.8) | 1 (2.0) | |
Yes | 387 (92.8) | 67 (100) | 29 (93.6) | 16 (100) | 15 (75.0) | 112 (84.9) | 63 (98.4) | 35 (97.2) | 35 (97.2) | |
Number of clients they had sex with on last day worked§ | 0.042 | |||||||||
1 or less | 196 (47.5) | 39 (58.2) | 18 (58.1) | 12 (75.0) | 9 (45.0) | 50 (37.9) | 28 (44.4) | 16 (45.7) | 24 (49.0) | |
2 or more | 217 (52.5) | 28 (41.8) | 13 (41.9) | 4 (25.0) | 11 (55.0) | 82 (62.1) | 35 (55.6) | 19 (54.3) | 25 (51.0) | |
Mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.3) | 1.6 (0.8) | 1.6 (1.0) | 1.4 (0.7) | 2.2 (1.6) | 2.1 (1.2) | 2.3 (1.8) | 2.0 (1.3) | 1.7 (1.4) | 0.013 |
Exposed to the program** | <0.001 | |||||||||
No | 229 (54.9) | 50 (74.6) | 24 (77.4) | 8 (50.0) | 15 (75.0) | 58 (43.9) | 32 (50.0) | 21 (58.3) | 21 (41.2) | |
Yes | 188 (45.1) | 17 (25.4) | 7 (22.6) | 8 (50.0) | 5 (25.0) | 74 (56.1) | 32 (50.0) | 15 (41.7) | 30 (58.8) | |