Research Article

HIV among Female Sex Workers in Five Cities in Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Baseline Survey to Inform HIV/AIDS Programs

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of female sex workers by city.

Variables Ouagadougou Bobo-Dioulasso Koudougou Ouahigouya Tenkodogo

(% unadjusted)
RDS-adjusted% (95% CI)
(% unadjusted)
RDS-adjusted% (95% CI)
(% unadjusted)
RDS-adjusted% (95% CI)
(% unadjusted)
RDS-adjusted% (95% CI)
(% unadjusted)
RDS-adjusted% (95% CI)

Age (years)18–24203 (58.2)63.6
(58.1–68.1)
101 (28.9)32.1
(27.2–37.3)
47 (40.2)32.2
(24.6–40.9)
59 (48.8)44.9
(36.2–53.9)
86 (63.2)65.5
(57.1–73.1)
25–2983 (23.8)18.9
(15.4–23.0)
67 (19.1)21.5
(17.3–26.4)
37 (31.6)40.9
(31.8–50.7)
31 (25.6)25.5
(18.5–34.2)
33 (24.3)25.5
(18.7–33.7)
30–5563 (18.1)17.5
(13.9–21.8)
182 (52.0)46.5
(41.3–51.7)
33 (28.2)26.8
(19.5–35.6)
31 (25.6)29.6
(21.7–38.8)
17 (12.5)9.0
(5.6–14.2)

EducationNone82 (23.8)31.6
(26.5–37.2)
145 (41.5)49.2
(43.8–54.5)
32 (27.4)32.3
(24.0–41.9)
40 (33.1)41.5
(32.6–51.0)
37 (27.2)23.4
(17.2–30.9)
Primary131 (38.0)35.7
(30.9–41.0)
130 (37.1)34.9
(30.1–40.0)
47 (40.2)40.7
(32.0–50.0)
28 (23.1)21.3
(15.0–29.4)
48 (35.3)33.0
(25.6–41.3)
Secondary and above132 (38.3)32.7
(28.0–37.7)
75 (21.4)15.9
(12.8–19.7)
38 (32.5)27.1
(20.0–35.5)
53 (43.8)37.2
(29.1–46.0)
51 (37.5)43.6
(35.2–52.3)

Marital statusSingle220 (63.0)55.7
(50.2–61.0)
156 (44.6)51.9
(46.6–57.1)
81 (69.2)72.0
(63.1–79.4)
83 (68.6)66.8
(57.7–74.9)
103 (75.7)74.0
(65.2–81.2)
Married/cohabitating33 (9.5)8.7
(6.3–12.1)
43 (12.3)12.5
(9.4–16.4)
11 (9.4)5.4
(3.0–9.7)
13 (10.7)10.3
(6.0–17.1)
6 (4.4)8.4
(3.8–17.4)
Divorced/separated/widowed96 (27.5)35.6
(30.4–41.2)
151 (43.1)35.7
(30.9–40.7)
25 (21.4)22.6
(15.7–31.4)
25 (20.7)22.8
(15.9–31.6)
27 (19.9)17.6
(12.2–24.7)

OccupationStudent/pupil20 (5.8)5.6
(3.6–8.6)
8 (2.3)1.5
(0.7–3.0)
6 (5.1)5.1
(2.3–11.1)
4 (3.3)4.7
(1.8–11.9)
13 (9.6)14.1
(8.4–22.7)
Employed (public or private)151 (43.5)44.3
(39.1–49.6)
100 (28.6)24.0
(20.0–28.5)
58 (49.6)49.6
(40.5–58.7)
46 (38.0)36.3
(28.2–45.3)
44 (32.4)21.5
(16.0–28.3)
Unemployed176 (50.7)50.1
(44.8–55.3)
242 (69.1)74.5
(70.0–78.6)
53.0 (45.3)45.3
(36.4–54.5)
71 (58.7)59.0
(49.0–67.5)
79 (58.1)64.4
(55.7–72.1)

Number of children0107 (30.7)30.4
(25.8–35.4)
58 (16.6)16.2
(12.7–20.4)
29 (25.2)25.0
(18.0–34.0)
30 (29.1)28.8
(20.9–38.3)
55 (40.7)40.3
(32.4–48.8)
1157 (45.0)44.9
(39.7–50.2)
103 (29.4)29.1
(24.5–34.0)
48 (41.7)41.3
(32.7–50.5)
42 (40.8)40.5
(31.5–50.3)
48 (35.6)36.1
(28.4–44.6)
≥285 (24.4)24.7
(20.4–29.5)
189 (54.0)54.8
(49.5–59.9)
38 (33.0)33.6
(25.5–42.8)
48 (35.6)30.7
(22.5–40.3)
32 (23.7)23.6
(17.2–31.5)

Parents aliveBoth alive174 (50.6)50.0
(44.7–55.4)
105 (30.0)31.8
(27–36.9)
47 (40.9)39.1
(30.6–48.4)
59 (49.6)47.1
(38.2–56.3)
71 (52.2)59.8
(51.4–67.6)
Only one alive129 (37.5)32.5
(27.9–37.5)
158 (45.1)43.8
(38.6–49.0)
51 (44.3)44.9
(35.9–54.2)
43 (36.1)33.0
(25.1–41.9)
46 (33.8)29.4
(22.5–37.4)
None alive41 (11.9)17.4
(13.2–22.7)
87 (24.9)24.5
(20.3–29.3)
17 (14.8)16.0
(10.1–24.3)
17 (14.3)19.9
(12.9–29.5)
19 (14.0)10.8
(6.9–16.5)

Migrated into Burkina FasoNo232 (67.1)66.9
(61.7–71.7)
284 (81.1)81.0
(76.5–84.8)
54 (47.4)47.1
(38.1–56.3)
44 (43.1)43.4
(34.1–53.2)
68 (54.0)52.0
(41.8–58.6)
Yes114 (32.9)42.7
(37.3–48.3)
66 (18.9)19.6
(15.7–24.2)
62 (53.4)51.3
(42.1–64.0)
61 (58.0)53.7
(44.6–62.5)
67 (49.3)47.9
(39.5–56.4)