Risky Behaviors among HIV-Positive Female Sex Workers in Northern Karnataka, India

Table 1

Sociodemographic distribution of HIV-positive FSWs in Northern Karnataka, 2011.

Category	Bagalkot (%)	Belgaum (%)	Bijapur (%)	Total (%)
Age
<25 years	8.6	5.4	3.6	6.4
25–34 years	49.8	42.3	48.2	46.5
35+ years	41.6	52.3	48.2	47.0
Place of residence
Mobile	23.5	33.9	19.6	26.9
Nonmobile	76.5	66.1	80.4	73.1
Religion
Hindu	95.7	91.2	90.2	92.9
Others	4.3	8.8	9.8	7.1
Education
None	82.3	81.6	84.8	82.5
1–7 years	11.4	15.1	10.7	12.7
8+ years	6.3	3.4	4.5	4.8
Marital status
Married	2.4	15.1	4.5	7.8
Widowed	6.7	36.4	25.9	22.0
Devadasi	82.0	24.3	44.6	52.3
Others	9.0	24.3	25.0	18.0
Engaged in occupation besides sex work
Yes	54.7	83.9	71.0	69.2
No	45.3	16.1	29.0	30.8
Changed occupation after diagnosis
Yes	17.8	15.6	36.6	20.4
No	82.2	84.5	63.4	79.6
Currently on ART
Yes	48.6	37.2	35.7	41.8
No	51.4	62.8	64.3	58.3
Duration of program exposure
<2 years	8.7	22.7	2.7	13.1
3-4 years	21.0	47.9	40.2	35.2
5+ years	70.4	29.4	57.1	51.7
Number of respondents	253	238	112	603