| Tijuana | Ciudad Juarez | Total | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Vaginal washing | |||||||
 Lifetime | 123 | 84.8 | 94 | 62.7 | 217 | 73.6 | <  0.0001 |
 Past month | 81 | 55.9 | 33 | 22.0 | 114 | 38.6 | <  0.0001 |
Frequency of vaginal washing in the past montha | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.36 |
 Less than weekly | 24 | 29.6 | 7 | 21.2 | 31 | 27.2 |  |
 Once a week | 15 | 18.5 | 10 | 30.3 | 25 | 21.9 |  |
 Several times a week | 14 | 17.3 | 8 | 24.2 | 22 | 19.3 |  |
 Once a day | 13 | 16.1 | 2 | 6.1 | 15 | 13.2 |  |
 Several times a day | 15 | 18.5 | 6 | 18.2 | 21 | 18.4 |  |
Timing of vaginal washing in the past montha | |||||||
 Before vaginal sex | 42 | 51.9 | 2 | 6.1 | 44 | 38.6 | <  0.0001 |
  Washed before most or all (≥75%) of VS acts with regular clients | 33 | 78.6 | 2 | 100.0 | 35 | 79.6 |  |
  Washed before most or all (≥75%) of VS acts with non-regular clients | 27 | 75.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 29 | 76.3 |  |
 After vaginal sex | 51 | 63.0 | 7 | 21.2 | 58 | 50.9 | <  0.0001 |
  Washed after most or all (≥75%) of VS acts with regular clients | 39 | 79.6 | 3 | 42.9 | 42 | 75.0 |  |
  Washed after most or all (≥75%) of VS acts with non-regular clients | 33 | 78.6 | 3 | 42.9 | 36 | 73.5 |  |
 Around menstruation | 21 | 25.9 | 7 | 21.2 | 28 | 24.6 | 0.64 |
 While bathing for personal hygiene | 58 | 71.6 | 27 | 81.8 | 85 | 74.6 | 0.34 |
Solutions used for vaginal washing in the past montha |  |  |  |  |  |  | <  0.0001 |
 Commercial solutions only | 15 | 20.3 | 25 | 78.1 | 40 | 37.7 |  |
 Non-commercial solutions only | 14 | 18.9 | 1 | 3.1 | 15 | 14.2 |  |
 Both commercial and non-commercial solutions | 45 | 60.8 | 6 | 18.8 | 51 | 48.1 |  |