Sexual behaviors | Having paid for sex (n = 334) | Not having paid for sex (n = 71) |  |
---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | P-value* | |
Age at first sex (±SD) | 18.8 (±1.9) | 19.2 (±2.4) | 0.08 |
Mean sexual partners in the past year (±SD) | 4.6 (±6.8) | 1.3 (±0.9) | < 0.001 |
More than 4.6 sexual partners in the past year (average number of sexual partners) | <0.001 | ||
 Yes | 250 (74.9) | 2 (2.8) |  |
 No | 84 (25.2) | 69 (97.2) |  |
First sexual partner | <0.001 | ||
 Wife | 3 (0.9) | 15 (21.1) |  |
 Sweetheart/girlfriend | 202 (60.8) | 45 (63.4) |  |
 Sex worker in brothel | 66 (19.9) | 4 (5.6) |  |
 Beer, karaoke, massage or dancing girl | 49 (14.8) | 4 (5.6) |  |
 Friend | 8 (2.4) | 2 (2.8) |  |
 Relative | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) |  |
 Other | 4 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) |  |
Ever had a girlfriend | 0.69 | ||
 Yes | 306 (91.6) | 64 (90.1) |  |
 No | 28 (8.4) | 7 (9.9) |  |
Have had a girlfriend or a mistress in the past year | 0.89 | ||
 Yes | 232 (75.8) | 48 (75.0) |  |
 No | 74 (24.2) | 16 (25.0) |  |
Used a condom with most recent girlfriend in the past 3Â months (or mistress) | 0.29 | ||
 Always | 87 (46.5) | 16 (37.2) |  |
 Frequently | 5 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) |  |
 Sometimes | 17 (9.1) | 3 (7.0) |  |
 Never | 39 (20.9) | 9 (20.9) |  |
 Have sweetheart but never had sex with her | 39 (20.9) | 15 (34.9) |  |
STI symptoms in the past year | Â | Â | 0.56 |
 Yes | 20 (6.0) | 3 (4.2) |  |
 No | 314 (94.0) | 68 (95.8) |  |
Used a condom at last sex with girlfriend | Â | Â | 0.58 |
 Yes | 128 (67.4) | 32 (72.7) |  |
 No | 60 (31.6) | 11 (25.0) |  |
 Don’t remember | 2 (1.1) | 1 (2.3) |  |
Had an HIV test in the last year | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 88 (26.4) | 25 (35.2) | 0.13 |
 No | 246 (73.7) | 46 (64.8) |  |
Paid for sex at age 18 or older | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 469 (95.9) |  |  |
 No | 25 (4.5) |  |  |
Sexual partner in the past year: | Â | Â | Â |
 Woman working in nightclub/discotheque | 83 (24.9) |  |  |
 Woman working in massage place | 42 (12.6) |  |  |
 Female beer promoter | 55 (16.5) |  |  |
 Female karaoke worker | 133 (39.8) |  |  |
 Woman working in beer garden/restaurant | 31 (9.3) |  |  |
 Female sex worker at brothel/street | 149 (44.6) |  |  |
 Female factory worker | 18 (5.4) |  |  |
 Sweetheart/girl friend | 143 (58.6) |  |  |
 Woman working in nightclub/discotheque | 83 (24.9) |  |  |
Place you met (see/recruit) the last woman that you paid for sex | Â | ||
 Brothel | 67 (20.1) |  |  |
 Massage parlor | 3 (0.9) |  |  |
 Hotel or guesthouse | 202 (60.5) |  |  |
 Street or park/garden | 7 (2.1) |  |  |
 Karaoke bar | 14 (4.2) |  |  |
 Other | 41 (12.3) |  |  |
Frequency of condom use in the past 3Â months with women that you paid for sex | Â | ||
 Always | 188 (88.7) |  |  |
 Frequently | 6 (2.8) |  |  |
 Sometimes | 7 (3.3) |  |  |
 Never | 11 (5.2) |  |  |
Number of condom used during the last time that you paid to have sex with a woman | |||
 One | 162 (76.4) |  |  |
 Two or more | 50 (23.6) |  |  |
You propose using a condom the last time you paid to have sex with a woman | |||
 Yes | 161 (75.9) |  |  |
 No | 51 (24.1) |  |  |
How much alcohol did you drink the last time you went to a sex-worker? | |||
 A lot (more than 6 small beers or 3 glasses of wine) | 105 (31.7) |  |  |
 Some (3–6 small beers or 2–3 glasses of wine) | 54 (16.3) |  |  |
 A little (1–3 small beers or 1 glass of wine) | 31 (9.37) |  |  |
 No alcohol | 141 (42.6) |  |  |