Table 1 HIV testing among different subgroups of female sex workers in Iran’s first rapid assessment and response survey in 2017
Characteristics | HIV testing | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 495) | No (n = 361) | ||
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Age | |||
 18–29 | 137 (39.71) | 139 (28.84) | 0.001 |
 30–45 | 193 (55.94) | 299 (62.03) | |
 > 46 | 15 (4.35) | 44 (9.13) | |
Education | |||
 Illiterate | 24 (6.86) | 33 (6.65) | 0.091 |
 Reading writing levels | 12 (3.43) | 38 (7.66) | |
 Primary education | 62 (17.71) | 102 (20.56) | |
 Secondary education | 101 (28.86) | 128 (25.81) | |
 High school | 65 (18.57) | 87 (17.54) | |
 Diploma | 56 (16.00) | 81 (16.33) | |
 College | 30 (8.57) | 27 (5.44) | |
Marital status | |||
 Single | 4 (1.60) | 10 (2.42) | 0.006 |
 Married | 51 (20.40) | 95 (23.00) | |
 Divorced | 140 (56.00) | 207 (50.12) | |
 Temporary marriage | 18 (7.20) | 63 (15.25) | |
 Widow | 37 (14.80) | 38 (9.20) | |
Living status | |||
 With family or spouse | 208 (64.40) | 271 (58.53) | 0.036 |
 Social welfare center | 8 (2.48) | 25 (5.40) | |
 Alone | 48 (14.86) | 57 (12.31) | |
 Homeless or shelter | 59 (18.27) | 110 (23.76) | |
Income per month | |||
 Under 100,000 T | 20 (6.51) | 80 (17.90) | < 0.001 |
 100,000–500,000 T | 92 (29.97) | 153 (34.23) | |
 500,000-1,000,000 | 106 (34.53) | 139 (31.10) | |
 1,000,000-5,000,000 | 89 (28.99) | 75 (16.78) | |
Ever drug use | |||
 Yes | 162 (48.50) | 368 (81.06) | < 0.001 |
 No | 172 (51.50) | 86 (18.94) | |
Current drug use | |||
 Yes | 142 (85.54) | 279 (75.41) | 0.008 |
 No | 24 (14.46) | 91 (24.59) | |
Ever injection | |||
 Yes | 20 (11.76) | 56 (15.34) | 0.270 |
 No | 150 (88.24) | 309 (84.66) | |
Last-month injection | |||
 Yes | 14 (70.00) | 19 (37.25) | 0.013 |
 No | 6 (30.00) | 32 (62.75) | |
HIV knowledge | |||
 Low | 70 (19.39) | 73 (14.66) | < 0.001 |
 Moderate | 168 (46.54) | 122 (24.50) | |
 High | 123 (34.07) | 303 (60.84) | |
Self-perceived risk of HIV | |||
 No risk | 72 (33.96) | 89 (25.07) | 0.023 |
 At risk | 140 (66.04) | 266 (74.93) | |
Ever worked in brothel | |||
 No | 130 (37.04) | 177 (37.11) | 0.984 |
 Yes | 221 (62.96) | 300 (62.89) | |
Lifetime abortion | |||
 No | 228 (64.96) | 262 (54.58) | 0.003 |
 Yes | 123 (35.04) | 218 (45.42) | |