| Tijuana | Ciudad Juarez | Total | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Vaginal lubrication before or during VS | |||||||
 Lifetime | 116 | 80.0 | 90 | 60.0 | 206 | 69.8 | 0.0002 |
 Past month | 92 | 63.5 | 67 | 44.7 | 159 | 53.9 | 0.001 |
Frequency of lubricant use before or during VS in the past montha | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.004 |
 Less than weekly | 9 | 9.8 | 6 | 9.0 | 15 | 9.4 |  |
 Once a week | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 9.0 | 12 | 7.6 |  |
 Several times a week | 26 | 28.3 | 33 | 49.3 | 59 | 37.1 |  |
 Once a day | 3 | 3.3 | 6 | 9.0 | 9 | 5.7 |  |
 Several times a day | 48 | 52.2 | 16 | 23.9 | 64 | 40.3 |  |
Vaginal lubricant use with clients in the past montha | 89 | 98.9 | 63 | 96.9 | 152 | 98.1 | 0.57 |
 Used vaginal lubricants before or during most or all (≥75%) VS acts with regular clients | 54 | 62.8 | 16 | 25.4 | 70 | 47.0 | <  0.0001 |
 Used vaginal lubricants before or during most or all (≥75%) VS acts with non-regular clients | 52 | 63.4 | 13 | 20.0 | 65 | 44.2 | <  0.0001 |
Who supplied lubricants used before or during VS in the past month?a | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.09 |
 Participant | 71 | 77.2 | 41 | 61.2 | 112 | 70.4 |  |
 Clients or other sex partners | 11 | 12.0 | 15 | 22.4 | 26 | 16.4 |  |
 Both the participant and her clients or other sex partner | 10 | 10.9 | 11 | 16.4 | 21 | 13.2 |  |
Who applied lubricants used before or during VS in the past month?a | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.06 |
 Participant | 72 | 78.3 | 41 | 61.2 | 113 | 71.1 |  |
 Clients or other sex partners | 7 | 7.6 | 10 | 14.9 | 17 | 10.7 |  |
 Both the participant and her clients or other sex partner | 13 | 14.1 | 16 | 23.9 | 29 | 18.2 |  |
Where was lubricant applied before or during VS in the past month?a | |||||||
 Around my vagina | 40 | 43.5 | 38 | 56.7 | 78 | 49.1 | 0.10 |
 Inside my vagina | 25 | 27.2 | 12 | 17.9 | 37 | 23.3 | 0.17 |
 Directly on my client or sex partners penis | 7 | 7.6 | 22 | 32.8 | 29 | 18.2 | <  0.0001 |
 On the outside of the condom | 64 | 69.6 | 28 | 41.8 | 92 | 57.9 | 0.001 |
 Inside the condom | 11 | 12.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 17 | 10.7 | 0.61 |
 Applied lubricant at multiple locations | 47 | 51.1 | 32 | 47.8 | 79 | 49.7 | 0.68 |
Lubricant use before or during VS interrupted sex in the past montha |  |  |  |  |  |  | <  0.0001 |
 Never | 82 | 89.1 | 41 | 61.2 | 123 | 77.4 |  |
 Rarely (1–24% of the time) | 2 | 2.2 | 10 | 14.9 | 12 | 7.6 |  |
 Sometimes (25–49% of the time) | 3 | 3.3 | 15 | 22.4 | 18 | 11.3 |  |
 Usually (50–74% of the time) | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 |  |
 Most of the time (75–99% of the time) | 3 | 3.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.5 |  |
 Always (100% of the time) | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 |  |
Type of lubricant used before or during VS in the past montha | |||||||
 Water-based lubricants | 62 | 68.1 | 39 | 58.2 | 101 | 63.9 | 0.20 |
 Silicone-based lubricants | 11 | 12.1 | 7 | 10.5 | 18 | 11.4 | 0.81 |
 Oil-based lubricants | 22 | 24.2 | 31 | 46.3 | 53 | 33.5 | 0.004 |
Lubricant used before or during VS in the past montha | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.05 |
 Commercial lubricants only | 57 | 63.3 | 31 | 48.4 | 88 | 57.1 |  |
 Non-commercial lubricants only | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.3 |  |
 Both commercial and non-commercial lubricants | 31 | 34.4 | 33 | 51.6 | 64 | 41.6 |  |