Seroprevalence and Associated Factors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Treponema pallidum, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus among Female Sex Workers in Dessie City, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of female sex workers () at Dessie City from November 2017 to April 2018.

S. no.	Parameters	Frequency	Percentage
1	Age in years
	18-27	202	56.1
	28-37	122	33.9
	38-47	36	10
2	Educational background
	Illiterate	96	26.7
	1-8	187	51.9
	9-12	69	19.2
	Diploma and above	8	2.2
3	Occupation
	Sex worker with additional occupation	113	31.4
	Only sex worker	247	68.6
4	Birth place
	Urban	293	81.4
	Rural	67	18.6
5	Marital status
	Married	10	2.8
	Single	188	52.2
	Divorced	132	36.7
	Widowed	30	8.3
6	Do you have children
	1-2	92	25.6
	>2	61	16.9
	No	207	57.5
7	Income per individual
	1-500 birr	225	62.5
	>500 birr	135	37.5
8	Place they found customer
	Home	68	18.9
	Night club	204	56.7
	Street	88	24.4
9	Duration of work as FSW
	1 to 2 yrs	139	38.6
	>2 years	221	61.4
10	Age (in years) when being FSW started
	≤20	179	49.7
	>20	181	50.3