Table 1: Characteristics of female sex workers.

Variables n Unadjusted % RDS-adjusted
% (95% CI)
Current age (years)
< = 24 202 58.0 56.8 51.4 - 62.1
25 - 29 83 23.9 23.3 19.1 - 28.1
> = 30 63 18.1 19.8 15.7 - 24.7
Education
None 82 23.8 24.6 22.0 - 29.7
Primary 131 38.1 37.8 32.7 - 43.2
Secondary and above 131 38.1 37.6 32.5 - 42.9
Marital status
Single 219 62.9 61.2 55.8 - 66.4
Married/cohabitating 33 9.5 09.8 07.0 - 13.6
Divorced/separed/widow 96 27.6 29.0 24.3 - 34.2
Occupation
Student/pupil 20 5.8 05.4 03.5 - 08.3
Employees (public or private) 151 43.6 43.5 38.2 - 48.9
Unemployee 175 50.6 51.1 45.7 - 56.4
Number of children
00 106 30.5 29.3 24.8 - 34.4
01 157 45.1 44.9 39.6 – 50.3
≥ 02 85 24.4 25.8 21.3 – 30.9
Migrant
No 231 67.0 66.3 61.0 - 71.2
Yes 114 33.0 33.7 28.8 - 39.0
Hepatitis B immunization
No 329 94.8 94.5 91.3 - 96.5
Yes 14 4.0 04.4 02.6 - 07.5
Unknown 4 1.2 01.1 00.4 - 02.9
Injectable drug user
No 342 98.3 98.4 96.4 - 99.3
Yes 342 1.7 01.6 00.7 - 03.6
Alcohol user
No 99. 28.4 27.9 23.4 - 32.9
Yes 249 71.6 72.1 67.1 - 76.6
HIV serological status
Negative 321 92.2 86.9 81.7 – 90.8
Positive 27 7.8 13.1 09.2 - 18.3
Syphilis serological status
Negative 333 95.7 95.3 92.2 - 97.2
Positive 15 4.3 04.7 02.8 – 07.8
Age at start of selling sex (years)
< 20 225 64.8 64.1 58.7 - 69.1
20 to 24 81 23.3 23.7 19.4 - 28.6
≥ 25 41 11.8 12.2 09.0 - 16.3
Experience in sex work (years)
< 1 59 17.1 17.0 13.3 - 21.4
1 to 5 203 58.8 58.9 53.5 - 64.1
≥ 6 83 24.1 24.2 19.8 - 29.1
Mean number of clients per weeks
1 to 14 214 61.7 63.0 57.8 - 68.0
15 to 29 91 26.2 25.6 21.2 – 30.5
≥ 30 42 12.1 11.4 08.5 - 15.1
Mean income per week (1 USD = 500 XOF)
< 30 USD 29 8.3 08.3 05.8 - 11.8
30 – 69 USD 147 42.2 43.4 38.2 - 48.9
70 – 200 USD 126 36.2 35.2 303 – 40.4
≥ 200 USD 46 13.2 13.1 09.9 - 17.1