Table 1 Socio-demographic responses by ZEST study population
From: The influence of interviewers on survey responses among female sex workers in Zambia
Univariate | Bivariate regression b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % / Median [IQR] | ICCc | Male IVR | Female IVR | p-value | |
Study site | 965 | |||||
Livingstone | 49.7% | |||||
Kapiri | 25.4% | |||||
Chirundu | 24.9% | |||||
Age | 965 | 25 [21–30] | 3.9% | 26.2 | 26.3 | 0.99 |
Ever married | 965 | 69.9% | 12.5% | 68.7% | 75.5% | 0.69 |
Currently divorced/separated | 965 | 24.5% | 10.4% | 26.8% | 18.4% | 0.55 |
Education | 965 | 0.65 | ||||
No formal education | 11.2% | 7.3% | 11.8% | |||
Primary (up to 9 years) | 46.6% | 44.6% | 53.0% | |||
> 9 years | 42.2% | 48.1% | 35.2% | |||
Able to read and write | 959 | 75.3% | 9.1% | 82.8% | 67.7% | 0.06 |
Monthly income (ZMW) | 949 | 0.38 | ||||
No income | 21.3% | 2.6% | 24.8% | |||
< 250 kwacha | 13.0% | 9.9% | 38.4% | |||
251–500 kwacha | 24.8% | 39.1% | 29.6% | |||
501–1000 kwacha | 25.9% | 37.4% | 6.2% | |||
1001–1500 kwacha | 7.7% | 6.9% | 0.6% | |||
> 1500 kwacha | 7.4% | 4.2% | 0.4% | |||
Financial situation | 962 | 0.020 | ||||
Very poor | 14.7% | 4.8% | 24.1% | |||
Poor | 37.8% | 32.8% | 54.1% | |||
Just getting by | 36.3% | 46.5% | 18.9% | |||
Comfortable | 10.0% | 14.2% | 2.6% | |||
Very comfortable | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% | |||
Mobile phone ownership | 965 | 85.0% | 6.3% | 86.4% | 85.2% | 0.94 |
Self-perceived relative SES a | 965 | 3 [2–5] | 3.1 | 3.0 | 0.94 | |
Any income from non-sex-work | 965 | 30.2% | 7.5% | 30.6% | 27.3% | 0.87 |