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)

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)

Education

0.058

No formal education

25.8 (303)

27.7 (213)

22.3 (91)

Having formal education

74.2 (873)

72.3 (557)

77.7 (316)

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)

Widower/deserted/separated/divorced

4.1 (48)

2.3 (18)

7.6 (31)

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)

AC/DC (receptive & penetrative)

19.5 (229)

14.7 (113)

28.5 (116)

Hijra

4.6 (54)

3.0 (23)

7.6 (31)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Did not want to report

17.5 (206)

13.1 (101)

25.8 (105)

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)