Clients of female sex workers recruited on-site at prostitution venues in Cotonou (1998): characteristics of whole sample and according to location of prostitution site in Cotonou
| Whole sample (n=404)† | Jonquet (n=232) | Outside Jonquet (n=172) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test; †total denominator. However, for questionnaire variables, n=330 (or sometimes a little lower because of missing values); for physical examination variables, n=298. Reproduced with permission from (15). | ||||
| FSW, female sex worker; STI, sexually transmitted infection. | ||||
| Median age (years) | 25.5 | 25 | 26 | 0.30* |
| Beninese nationality | 66.7% | 56.9% | 80.7% | <0.001 |
| Lives in Cotonou | 84.0% | 77.8% | 93.3% | <0.001 |
| Secondary level education | 52.1% | 58.5% | 43.0% | 0.006 |
| Muslim religion | 25.8% | 35.4% | 11.9% | <0.001 |
| Condom used with FSW just seen | 55.8% | 76.0% | 26.9% | <0.001 |
| Median price paid to FSW just seen | $US1 | $US2 | $US0.6 | <0.001* |
| Also visits FSW outside Cotonou | 19.2% | 24.4% | 11.8% | 0.006 |
| Always uses condom with: | ||||
| FSW | 39.0% | 53.2% | 18.8% | <0.001 |
| Regular partner/wife | 13.1% | 16.8% | 7.8% | 0.037 |
| Other non-FSW partners | 28.6% | 40.6% | 9.8% | <0.001 |
| HIV prevalence | 8.4% | 6.0% | 11.6% | 0.049 |
| N.gonorrhoeae (NG) prevalence | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9.3% | 0.004 |
| C.trachomatis (CT) prevalence | 2.7% | 1.3% | 4.7% | 0.06 |
| T.vaginalis (TV) prevalence | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 1.00 |
| NG/CT prevalence | 7.7% | 3.4% | 13.4% | <0.001 |
| NG/CT/TV prevalence | 10.1% | 6.0% | 15.7% | 0.001 |
| Current urethritis symptoms | 6.1% | 4.1% | 9.0% | 0.071 |
| Genital ulcer on physical exam. | 2.0% | 1.1% | 3.2% | 0.238 |
| Positive LED test | 8.4% | 6.0% | 11.6% | 0.045 |
| Lifetime history of STI | 49.2% | 44.8% | 55.6% | 0.055 |