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Table 1 Profile of study participants and the characteristics of first-sex

From: Characterizing sexual histories of women before formal sex-work in south India from a cross-sectional survey: implications for HIV/STI prevention

 

Traditional sex-work (Devadasi) N=246% (95%, CI)

Non-Devadasi, N=765%, (95%, CI)

p

Rural residence

61.4 (42.0,77.7)

69.3 (57.2,79.2)

0.4

Current age (years)

   

<20

19.1 (13.5,26.3)

4.2 (2.8,6.1)

 

20-24

45.9 (38.0,54.1)

19.5 (16.2,23.2)

 

≥25

35.0 (26.0,45.1)

76.3 (71.9,80.3)

<0.001

Able to read and write

26.4 (19.5,34.7)

30.5 (26.6,34.6)

0.4

Migration status

   

Local

52.9 (42.1,63.3)

68.2 (62.4,73.6)

 

Mobile

13.8 (8.3,22.2)

27.3 (22.4,32.8)

 

Migrant

33.3 (24.4,43.6)

4.4 (3.0,6.6)

<0.001

Ever married

5.7 (2.1,7.7)

92.2 (89.5,94.2)

<0.001

Age at first-sex (years)

   

10-14

32.9 (26.5,40.1)

38.0 (32.3,44.0)

 

15-19

63.0 (56.0,69.5)

59.7 (53.7,65.4)

 

20-25

4.1 (2.3,7.1)

2.4 (1.4, 4.0)

0.2

Fraction sexually active ≤ 1 year after menarche

17.1 (112.8,22.4)

27.5 (22.6,33.0)

0.004

First-sex took place outside village/city of residence

11.8 (8.1,16.8)

8.9 (7.0,11.3)

0.001

Commercial first-sex

82.9 (76.6,87.8)

8.1 (6.2,10.5)

<0.001

Condoms used at first-sex

26.4 (19.5,34.8)

2.1 (1.3,3.5)

<0.001