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Table 2 Profile of female sex workers who experienced a commercial first-sex compared against FSWs without a commercial first sex (N=1,011)

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

 

First sex commercial sex act (N=266)

 

N

Column % (95%, CI)

Crude OR (95%, CI)

p

Adjusted OR* 95%, CI)

p

Able to read and write (N=298)

74

27.8 (21.5,35.2)

0.89 (0.61,1.3)

0.6

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Rural residence (N=681)

167

62.8 (47.0,76.2)

0.76 (0.44,1.3)

0.3

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Sex-work typology

      

Traditional (Devadasi, N=246)

204

76.7 (67.7,83.8)

55.1 (32.5,93.3)

<0.001

52.5 (27.4,100.7)

<0.001

Non-traditional (N=765)

62

23.3 (16.2,32.3)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Migration status

      

Local (N=652)

154

57.9 (48.8,66.5)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Mobile (N=243)

46

17.3 (11.7,24.8)

0.76 (0.44,1.3)

0.3

0.86 (0.36,1.5)

0.6

Migrant (N=116)

66

24.8 (17.7,33.7)

4.2 (2.7,6.8)

<0.001

0.39 (0.17,0.89)

0.03

First sexual partner became a long-term partner

      

Yes (N=808)

122

45.9 (38.3,53.6)

0.07 (0.05,0.11)

<0.001

0.12 (0.07,0.20)

<0.001

No (N=203)

144

54.1. (46.4,61.7)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Age at first-sex (years)

      

10-14 (N=371)

86

32.3 (26.7,38.5)

Ref

 

Ref

 

15-19 (N=611)

167

62.8 (56.6,68.6)

1.2 (0.89,1.7)

0.2

1.0 (0.63,1.7)

0.9

20-25 (N=28)

13

4.9 (3.0,8.0)

2.9 (1.2,6.7)

0.02

3.4 (1.3,8.9)

0.01

  1. OR (odds ratio). *Adjusted for sex-work typology, migration status, first sexual partner, and age at first-sex.