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.

VariablesOuagadougou 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)<20226 (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)
20–2481.0 (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)
≥2541.0 (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)<159 (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)
1–5204 (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)
≥683 (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 week1–14214 (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)
15–2992 (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)
≥3042 (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)<1500029 (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)
15000–35000147 (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)
35001–99999127 (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)
≥10000046 (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 monthsNo175 (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)
Yes172 (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 know01 (0.3)0.3 (00–02.0)02 (02.0)00.9
(00.1–06.4)

Ever got pregnantNo74 (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)
Yes274 (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 condomEasy238 (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 easy110 (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 monthsNo129 (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)
Yes213 (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 clientNo36 (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)
Yes301 (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 monthsNo128 (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)
Yes221 (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)