Table 3 Sexual health responses by ZEST study population
From: The influence of interviewers on survey responses among female sex workers in Zambia
Univariate | Bivariate regressionb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % / Median [IQR] | ICC c | Male IVR | Female IVR | p-value | |
Age at first sex | 960 | 16 [15–18] | 1.6% | 16.2 | 16.2 | 1.00 |
Ever been pregnant | 965 | 83.8% | 2.3% | 86.3% | 81.1% | 0.40 |
Number of pregnancies | 809 | 2 [1–3] | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.69 | |
Number of living children | 803 | 1 [1–2] | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.59 | |
Ever had unwanted pregnancy | 809 | 61.7% | 12.2% | 60.2% | 65.4% | 0.84 |
Of which, trying to avoid pregnancy at the time | 497 | 45.5% | 19.5% | 43.0% | 47.9% | 0.89 |
Ever ended a pregnancy | 809 | 47.7% | 20.6% | 44.1% | 53.2% | 0.76 |
Currently using family planning | 964 | 75.9% | 11.6% | 79.3% | 75.8% | 0.87 |
Has a primary partner | 964 | 59.8% | 2.2% | 60.4% | 59.3% | 0.94 |
Partner knows about sex work | 572 | 16.9% | 15.0% | 27.2% | 23.5% | 0.89 |
Condom use with primary partner | 574 | 0.76 | ||||
Never | 37.3% | 40.2% | 33.7% | |||
Seldom | 10.1% | 11.9% | 11.4% | |||
Sometimes | 39.7% | 38.7% | 43.1% | |||
Often | 2.8% | 2.1% | 2.6% | |||
Always | 10.1% | 7.1% | 9.2% | |||
Likelihood HIV-positive a | 956 | 5 [4–6] | 8.0% | 4.9 | 5.4 | 0.55 |
Likelihood will contract HIV in the next year a | 947 | 6 [5–8] | 6.3% | 5.9 | 5.9 | 1.00 |
Likelihood woman acquires HIV from single act a | 957 | 8 [5–10] | 22.6% | 7.6 | 6.7 | 0.51 |
How likely to take actions to reduce risk of HIV | 962 | 0.76 | ||||
Very likely | 58.7% | 57.3% | 66.3% | |||
Somewhat likely | 30.9% | 33.6% | 27.6% | |||
Unlikely | 5.8% | 5.2% | 3.6% | |||
Very unlikely | 4.6% | 3.8% | 2.5% | |||
Estimated proportion of FSW living with HIV a | 937 | 7 [6–9] | 5.8% | 7.1 | 7.2 | 0.86 |
Estimated proportion of SWC living with HIV a | 935 | 8 [5–9] | 4.0% | 7.2 | 7.2 | 0.99 |
Knows HIV status of primary partner | 574 | 42.0% | 9.3% | 40.2% | 43.0% | 0.92 |
Ever tested for HIV | 958 | 79.3% | 16.3% | 84.3% | 78.8% | 0.75 |
Months since most recent HIV test | 752 | 6 [4–12] | 6.3% | 14.1% | 9.8% | 0.46 |
Received results of most recent HIV test | 745 | 92.3% | 14.4% | 94.1% | 93.4% | 0.95 |
Needed healthcare but unable to access in past 12 m | 963 | 36.8% | 12.7% | 35.7% | 36.1% | 0.99 |
Comfortable telling medical provider about sex work | 963 | 69.1% | 16.8% | 73.9% | 65.9% | 0.69 |
Feel medical provider judges for sex work | 961 | 36.2% | 29.3% | 24.1% | 47.5% | 0.38 |
Ever been tested for STIs | 964 | 49.1% | 0.2% | 50.0% | 48.5% | 0.87 |
Months since most recent STI test | 471 | 6 [3–12] | 7.7% | 12.2 | 9.9 | 0.69 |