Research Article
HIV among Female Sex Workers in Five Cities in Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Baseline Survey to Inform HIV/AIDS Programs
Table 2
Socioprofessional and behavioral characteristics of female sex workers by city.
| | Variables | Ouagadougou | Bobo-Dioulasso | Koudougou | Ouahigouya | Tenkodogo | n (% unadjusted) | RDS-adjusted% (95% CI) | n (% unadjusted) | RDS-adjusted% (95% CI) | n (% unadjusted) | RDS-adjusted% (95% CI) | n (% unadjusted) | RDS-adjusted% (95% CI) | n (% unadjusted) | RDS-adjusted% (95% CI) |
| Age at start of selling sex (years) | <20 | 226 (64.9) | 64.8 (59.6–69.6) | 173 (49.4) | 48.5 (43.2–53.7) | 44 (39.6) | 39.7 (31.1–49.1) | 38 (38.0) | 37.7 (28.8–47.6) | 81 (60.4) | 60.3 (51.8–68.3) | 20–24 | 81.0 (23.3) | 23.4 (19.2–28.1) | 67 (19.1) | 19.1 (15.3–23.6) | 41 (36.9) | 36.9 (28.5–46.3) | 34 (34.0) | 34.0 (25.4–43.8) | 36 (26.9) | 27.0 (20.1–35.2) | ≥25 | 41.0 (11.8) | 11.9 (8.9–15.7) | 110 (31.4) | 32.4 (27.7–37.6) | 26 (23.4) | 23.3 (16.4–32.1) | 28 (28.0) | 28.3 (20.3–38.0) | 17 (12.7) | 12.7 (8.0–19.5) |
| Experience in sex work (years) | <1 | 59 (17.1) | 17.0 (13.4–21.3) | 35 (10.0) | 09.7 (07.0–13.2) | 35 (37.0) | 30.1 (22.5–39.1) | 52 (54.2) | 53.9 (43.8–63.6) | 62 (47.7) | 47.6 (39.2–56.2) | 1–5 | 204 (59.0) | 59.0 (53.7–64.1) | 154 (44.0) | 43.3 (38.2–48.5) | 63 (55.3) | 55.3 (46.0–64.1) | 37 (38.5) | 39.0 (29.7–49.1) | 49 (37.7) | 37.7 (29.8–46.4) | ≥6 | 83 (24.0) | 24.0 (19.8–28.8) | 161 (46.0) | 47.0 (41.8–52.3) | 16 (14.0) | 14.6 (09.1–22.5) | 7 (7.3) | 07.1 (03.4–14.2) | 19 (14.6) | 14.6 (09.5–21.8) |
| Number of clients per week | 1–14 | 214 (61.5) | 61.8 (56.6–66.8) | 146 (41.7) | 42.2 (37.1–47.4) | 73 (63.5) | 63.5 (54.3–71.8) | 50 (48.5) | 48.5 (39.0–58.1) | 82 (1.2) | 61.2 (52.7–69.1) | 15–29 | 92 (26.4) | 26.3 (21.9–31.2) | 132 (37.7) | 37.8 (32.9–43.0) | 25 (21.7) | 21.8 (15.2–30.4) | 9 (8.7) | 08.7 (04.6–15.9) | 18 (13.4) | 13.3 (08.5–20.1) | ≥30 | 42 (12.1) | 11.9 (08.9–15.7) | 72 (26.0) | 20.0 (16.2–24.5) | 17 (14.8) | 14.7 (09.3–22.4) | 44 (42.7) | 42.8 (33.6–52.5) | 34 (25.4) | 25.5 (18.8–33.6) |
| Mean income per week (XOF, $US 1~500 XOF) | <15000 | 29 (8.3) | 20.0 (14.6–26.8) | 59 (16.9) | 23.7 (19.0–29.1) | 21 (17.9) | 27 (18.6–37.4) | 41 (35.3) | 35.3 (27.1–44.6) | 36 (27.1) | 27.1 (20.1–35.4) | 15000–35000 | 147 (42.1) | 35.3 (30.4–40.6) | 178 (50.9) | 47.9 (42.6–53.2) | 35 (29.9) | 29.5 (21.7–38.6) | 43 (37.1) | 37.1 (28.7–46.3) | 76 (57.1) | 57.1 (48.5–65.4) | 35001–99999 | 127 (36.4) | 34.8 (29.7–40.1) | 103 (29.4) | 27.1 (22.7–31.9) | 43 (36.8) | 24.5 (18.1–32.3) | 27 (23.3) | 23.3 (16.4–32.0) | 20 (15.0) | 15.0 (9.9–22.3) | ≥100000 | 46 (13.2) | 9.9 (7.4–13.1) | 10 (2.8) | 1.4 (0.7–2.5) | 18 (15.4) | 19.0 (12.3–28.2) | 5 (4.3) | 4.3 (1.8–10.1) | 1 (0.8) | 0.8 (0.1–5.3) |
| STI symptoms over the last 12 months | No | 175 (50.3) | 52 (45.0–55.5) | 166 (47.8) | 47.8 (42.5–53.0) | 69 (60) | 59.6 (50.3–68.2) | 67 (65.0) | 64.2 (54.5–73.0) | 101 (75.9) | 75.8 (67.7–82.3) | Yes | 172 (49.4) | 49.5 (44.2–54.7) | 181 (52.2) | 52.2 (47.0–57.5) | 46 (40) | 40.4 (31.8–49.7) | 34 (33.0) | 33.9 (25.3–43.6) | 32 (24.1) | 24.2 (17.7–32.3) | Don’t know | 01 (0.3) | 0.3 (00–02.0) | — | | — | | 02 (02.0) | 00.9 (00.1–06.4) | — | |
| Ever got pregnant | No | 74 (21.3) | 21.0 (17.0–25.6) | 29 (8.3) | 07.9 (05.6–11.2) | 22 (19.1) | 18.8 (12.7–26.9) | 20 (19.4) | 19.1 (12.7–27.9) | 44 (32.6) | 32.2 (24.9–40.5) | Yes | 274 (78.7) | 79.0 (74.4–83.0) | 321 (91.7) | 92.1 (88.8–94.4) | 93 (89.0) | 81.2 (73.1–87.3) | 83 (86.0) | 80.9 (72.1–87.3) | 91 (67.4) | 67.8 (59.5–75.1) |
| Ease of requesting client to wear a condom | Easy | 238 (68.4) | 68.4 (63.4–73.1) | 246 (71.1) | 71.0 (65.9–75.5) | 83 (75.5) | 75.2 (66.3–82.4) | 96 (93.2) | 93.4 (86.7–96.8) | 124 (92.5) | 92.6 (86.8–96.0) | Not easy | 110 (31.6) | 31.6 (26.9–36.6) | 100 (28.9) | 29.0 (24.5–34.1) | 27 (24.5) | 24.8 (17.6–33.7) | 7 (6.8) | 06.6 (03.2–13.3) | 10 (7.5) | 07.4 (04.0–13.2) |
| Consistent condom use during the last 12 months | No | 129 (37.7) | 37.6 (32.6–42.8) | 150 (43.1) | 43.2 (38.0–48.5) | 20 (17.9) | 17.7 (11.7–25.9) | 54 (56.8) | 56.9 (46.7–66.5) | 53 (48.0) | 40.9 (32.7–49.5) | Yes | 213 (62.3) | 62.4 (57.2–67.4) | 198 (56.9) | 56.8 (51.5–62.0) | 92 (82.1) | 82.3 (74.1–88.3) | 41 (43.2) | 43.1 (33.5–53.3) | 77 (59.2) | 59.1 (50.5–67.3) |
| Condom use during the last intercourse with new client | No | 36 (17) | 15 (07.7–14.3) | 29 (8.6) | 08.8 (06.2–12.4) | 9 (7.9) | 07.9 (04.2–14.5) | 16 (15.8) | 15.6 (09.8–24.1) | 4 (3.0) | 02.9 (01.1–07.6) | Yes | 301 (89.3) | 89.5 (85.7–92.3) | 309 (91.4) | 91.2 (87.6–93.8) | 105 (92.1) | 92.1 (85.5–95.8) | 85 (84.2) | 84.4 (75.9–90.2) | 131 (97.0) | 97.1 (92.4–98.9) |
| Condom breakage over the last 12 months | No | 128 (36.7) | 36.6 (31.7–41.7) | 134 (38.3) | 37.8 (32.9–43.0) | 47 (49) | 32.8 (24.4–42.4) | 34 (33.0) | 40.5 (31.9–49.7) | 70 (51.9) | 51.4 (43.0–59.7) | Yes | 221 (63.3) | 63.4 (58.3–68.3) | 216 (61.7) | 62.2 (57.0–67.1) | 68 (59.1) | 59.5 (50.3–68.1) | 69 (67.0) | 67.2 (57.6–75.6) | 65 (48.1) | 48.6 (40.3–57.0) |
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