Dual Epidemics of Club Drug Use and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Chinese Female Sex Workers: New Challenges to STI Prevention

Table 1

Characteristics of FSW who used or did not use club drugs in five cities in China.

Characteristics	Drug users ()		Nonusers ()			value
	Number	%	Number	%
Study site
Guangzhou	69	58.5	287	19.3	138.676	<0.001
Hangzhou	18	15.3	290	19.5
Changchun	1	0.8	347	23.4
Lanzhou	0	0	349	23.5
Wuhan	30	25.4	213	14.3
Venue type
Hotel	20	16.9	145	9.8	56.901	<0.001
Night clubs/KaraOK	63	53.4	387	26.0
Saunas	16	13.6	557	37.5
Hair salons/rental houses	19	16.1	397	26.7
Age group (years)
16–20	49	41.5	291	19.6	34.639	<0.001
21–29	59	50.0	892	60.0
30–48	10	8.5	303	20.4
Ethnicity
Han	110	93.2	1404	94.5	0.328	0.567
Minority	8	6.8	82	5.5
Marital Status
Never married	101	85.6	884	59.5	31.435	<0.001
Ever married	17	14.4	602	40.5
Education Level
≤primary school	3	2.5	167	11.2	8.731	0.013
Middle school	73	61.9	842	56.7
≥high school	42	35.6	477	32.1
Injected drugs in the past 12 months
Yes	7	5.9	8	0.5	34.331	<0.001
No	111	94.1	1478	99.5
Had STI symptoms in the past 12 months
Yes	73	61.9	752	50.6	5.547	0.019
No	45	38.1	734	49.4
Had STI diagnosis in the past 12 months
Yes	15	12.7	75	5.0	12.126	<0.001
No	103	87.3	1411	95.0