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 4

Sex work characteristics and perpetrator of violence by nature of noncommercial partnerships among female sex workers, Andhra Pradesh, 2009.

Sex work characteristics and perpetrator of violence	Nature of noncommercial partnerships
	Regular	Nonregular	P value
	(𝑁=1792)	(𝑁=623)
Number of days worked as sex worker in past one week
Up to 2	13.1	7.2	<0.001
3–5	68.4	56.1	<0.001
6 or more	18.6	36.7	<0.001
Mean number of days; (SD)	4.1 (1.5)	4.9 (1.6)	0.002
Number of commercial partners in past one week
Low (Up to 5)	18.2	9.0	<0.001
Medium (6–9)	32.8	26.3	0.003
High (10 or more)	49.0	64.7	<0.001
Mean number of; clients (SD)	10.3 (6.3)	13.9 (9.0)	<0.001
Perpetrator of violence in past six months*	(𝑁=393)	(𝑁=233)
Strangers	40.3	43.7	0.404
Madam	2.7	5.2	0.086
Other female sex; workers	17.3	6.3	0.001
Commercial sex; partners	19.1	37.7	<0.001
Nonpaying partners	25.6	20.5	0.147
Police/Pimps	7.4	15.9	0.001

SD: standard deviation.
Analyses were restricted among FSWs who reported having any noncommercial partner.
*Among FSWs who reported to have experienced violence in past six months.
P values are obtained by comparing values for FSWs with regular and nonregular noncommercial partners. Significances of the differences in percentages were tested using Z-test. Significances of differences in average values were tested using unpaired t-test.