The Association between Noncommercial Partnerships and Risk of HIV among Female Sex Workers: Evidences from a Cross-Sectional Behavioral and Biological Survey in Southern India

Table 3

Prevalence of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, risk behaviors, and vulnerability factors by nature of noncommercial Partnerships, Andhra pradesh, 2009 (𝑁=2415).

Prevalence of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, risk behaviors, and vulnerability factors	Nature of noncommercial partnerships
	Regular	Nonregular	Crude OR	Adjusted OR
	(𝑁=1792)	(𝑁=623)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)
HIV	10.9	13.1	1.2 (0.9–1.6)	1.4 (1.1–1.8)
Syphilis	4.2	10.3	2.6 (1.9–3.7)	2.3 (1.6–3.3)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae	2.3	2.8	0.8 (0.4–1.5)	0.9 (0.5–1.7)
Chlamydia trachomatis	4.3	3.0	1.5 (0.9–2.3)	1.3 (0.8–2.2)
Inconsistent condom use with occasional clients	16.5	21.0	1.3 (1.1–1.8)	1.5 (1.2–1.9)
Inconsistent condom use with regular clients	17.5	18.6	1.1 (0.8–1.4)	1.1 (0.9–1.5)
Experience of physical violence, past 6 months	21.9	37.4	2.1 (1.7–2.6)	1.9 (1.5–2.3)
Experience of forced sex, past 12 months	14.1	25.1	2.0 (1.6–2.6)	1.9 (1.5–2.4)
Ever had anal sex	22.2	35.2	1.9 (1.5–2.3)	1.9 (1.6–2.4)
Practice of anal sex, past one week	17.7	30.1	1.9 (1.6–2.5)	2.1 (1.7–2.6)
No condom use in last anal sex	8.4	8.0	0.9 (0.5–1.7)	1.1 (0.5–2.1)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
Analyses were restricted among FSWs who reported having any noncommercial partner.
FSWs with regular partners were considered as reference category for computing crude and adjusted odds ratios.
Odds ratios were adjusted for FSWs' current age (in completed years), formal schooling (no, yes), typology of sex work (home, brothel/lodge, street, and phone), marital status (never married, currently married, and divorced/separated), source of income other sex work (no, yes), and duration of working as sex worker (in completed years).