Background characteristics | % (n) or Mean (SD) | Mental health status | ||
No depression | Depression | P-value | ||
Age (Mean, SD) | 28.4 (6.5) | 27.4 (6.1) | 30.1 (6.8) |
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Age |
|
|
| 0.000 |
<30 years | 64.4 (757) | 70.6 (543) | 52.5 (214) |
|
≥30 years | 35.6 (419) | 29.4 (226) | 47.5 (193) |
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Education |
|
|
| 0.058 |
No formal education | 25.8 (303) | 27.7 (213) | 22.3 (91) |
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Having formal education | 74.2 (873) | 72.3 (557) | 77.7 (316) |
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Marital status |
|
|
| 0.000 |
Never married | 60.8 (715) | 68.4 (526) | 46.2 (188) |
|
Currently married | 35.1 (413) | 29.3 (225) | 46.2 (188) |
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Widower/deserted/separated/divorced | 4.1 (48) | 2.3 (18) | 7.6 (31) |
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Typology |
|
|
| 0.000 |
Kothi (anal receptive) | 66.1 (778) | 77.0 (592) | 45.7 (186) |
|
Panthi (anal penetrative) | 9.8 (115) | 5.4 (41) | 18.2 (74) |
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AC/DC (receptive & penetrative) | 19.5 (229) | 14.7 (113) | 28.5 (116) |
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Hijra | 4.6 (54) | 3.0 (23) | 7.6 (31) |
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Usual area of practising sex work |
|
|
| 0.000 |
Rural | 22.5 (265) | 15.2 (117) | 36.5 (148) |
|
Urban/Semi-urban | 77.5 (911) | 84.8 (653) | 63.5 (258) |
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Work other than sex work |
|
|
| 0.114 |
Sex work only | 13.5 (159) | 12.3 (95) | 16.0 (65) |
|
Working somewhere else also | 86.5 (1017) | 87.7 (675) | 84.1 (342) |
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In debt at the time of survey |
|
|
| 0.000 |
No | 43.4 (510) | 49.1 (378) | 32.5 (132) |
|
Yes | 56.6 (666) | 50.9 (391) | 67.5 (275) |
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Mobility for sex work within and/or outside district in the past 2 years |
|
| 0.000 | |
No | 54.2 (638) | 68.8 (529) | 26.7 (109) |
|
Yes | 45.8 (538) | 31.2 (240) | 73.3 (298) |
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Condom use with clients/partners during anal sex in past one year |
|
| 0.000 | |
Yes | 43.2 (482) | 62.9 (460) | 45.4 (174) |
|
No | 56.8 (634) | 37.1 (272) | 54.6 (210) |
|
Experienced physical or sexual violence, past 6 months |
|
| 0.000 | |
No | 95.8 (1127) | 98.9 (761) | 90.0 (366) |
|
Yes | 4.2 (49) | 1.2 (09) | 10.0 (41) |
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Consumed alcohol in past 30 days |
|
|
| 0.000 |
No | 48.5 (583) | 70.3 (541) | 43.2 (176) |
|
Yes | 51.5 (618) | 29.7 (229) | 56.8 (231) |
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Experienced discrimination at public places |
|
| 0.010 | |
Low | 10.0 (116) | 11.4 (88) | 7.0 (28) |
|
High | 90.0 (1060) | 88.6 (682) | 93.0 (378) |
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Experienced any STI symptoms, past 6 months |
|
| 0.000 | |
No | 89.0 (1046) | 93.0 (715) | 81.3 (331) |
|
Yes | 11.0 (130) | 7.0 (54) | 18.7 (76) |
|
HIV status at the time of survey (self-reported) |
|
| 0.000 | |
Known Negative | 78.9 (927) | 84.2 (648) | 68.9 (280) |
|
Known Positive | 3.6 (43) | 2.7 (21) | 5.3 (22) |
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Did not want to report | 17.5 (206) | 13.1 (101) | 25.8 (105) |
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Association with community groups |
|
|
| 0.461 |
No | 8.5 (99) | 8.0 (61) | 9.3 (38) |
|
Yes | 91.5 (1077) | 92.0 (708) | 90.7 (369) |
|
Total | 100.0 (1176) | 100.0 (769) | 100.0 (407) |
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