| Sexual practices |
Kothi Mean/%
(n=275) |
Panthi Mean/%
(n=40) |
Double-decker
Mean/%
(n=168) |
p-value |
Total Mean/%
(n=483) |
| Commercial sexual practices |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ever had transactional sex (sold or bought) |
82.6 (227) |
52.5 (21) |
67.3 (113) |
<0.001 |
74.7 (361) |
| Sold sex to males |
76.4 (210) |
12.5 (5) |
60.1 (101) |
<0.001 |
65.4 (316) |
| Mean male clients past week (SD) |
8.5 (9.0) |
4 (2.9) |
6.4 (7.8) |
0.021 |
7.7 (8.6) |
| Condom use at last sex with male clients |
88.1 (193) |
70.0 (7) |
87.6 (92) |
0.239 |
87.4 (292) |
| Consistent condom use (always) in commercial sex |
59.8 (131) |
60.0 (6) |
53.3 (56) |
0.537 |
57.8 (193) |
| Sold sex to females |
1.5 (4) |
5.0 (2) |
4.8 (8) |
0.066 |
2.9 (14) |
| Mean female clients past week (SD) |
1.3 (0.5) |
1 (0.0) |
1.3 (0.7) |
0.525 |
1.2 (0.6) |
| Condom use at last sex with female clients |
0.0 (0) |
50.0 (1) |
87.5 (7) |
NR* |
57.1 (8) |
| Mean age at start of sex work (SD) in years |
19.8 (4.6) |
22.4 (4.3) |
20.9 (4.5) |
0.915 |
20.3 (4.6) |
| Mean duration in sex work (SD) in years |
7.2 (5.0) |
3.3 (2.5) |
5.9 (5.9) |
0.006 |
6.7 (5.3) |
| Bought sex from males |
9.1 (25) |
22.5 (9) |
16.1 (27) |
0.015 |
12.6 (61) |
| Bought sex from females |
1.8 (5) |
7.5 (3) |
1.8 (3) |
0.110 |
2.3 (11) |
| Non-commercial sexual practices |
|
|
|
|
|
| Currently having non-commercial sex partner(s) – male or female |
69.1 (190) |
82.5 (33) |
78.0 (131) |
0.047 |
73.3 (354) |
| Currently have non-commercial male partner(s) |
64.4 (177) |
70.0 (28) |
74.4 (125) |
0.086 |
68.3 (330) |
| Mean male partners at present (SD) |
2.6 (2.7) |
3.0 (3.0) |
3.0 (2.8) |
0.709 |
2.8 (2.7) |
| Condom use at last sex with male partner |
70.5 (134) |
57.6 (19) |
77.1 (101) |
0.072 |
71.8 (254) |
| Consistent condom use (always) in non-commercial sex |
45.8 (87) |
33.3 (11) |
51.9 (68) |
0.146 |
46.9 (166) |
| Currently have non-commercial female partner(s) |
20.4 (56) |
60.0 (24) |
28.6 (48) |
<0.001 |
26.5 (128) |
| Mean female partners at present (SD) |
1.1 (0.5) |
1.8 (1.6) |
1.1 (0.4) |
<0.001 |
1.3 (0.8) |
| Condom use at last sex with female partner |
10.0 (19) |
39.4 (13) |
13.7 (18) |
<0.001 |
14.1 (50) |
| Gender of sexual partners |
|
|
|
|
|
| Had sex with females in past 3 months |
32.4 (89) |
70.0 (28) |
51.8 (87) |
<0.001 |
42.2 (204) |
