Sexual behaviour and condom use among direct sex workers, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2001
| Variable | Sex workers (n=140) |
|---|---|
| *Percentages calculated out of 126 sex workers who suggested condom use. | |
| †Percentage of consistent condom users (77.8%) is greater than percentage who could persuade all clients to use condoms (58.7%) as some consistent condom users would always refuse sex with clients who cannot be persuaded. | |
| Clients per week | |
| Mean (SD) | 10.1 (8.5) |
| Median | 10 |
| Range | 1–50 |
| No (%) engaging in sex with non-paying partners | 35 (25.0) |
| Non-paying partners per week | |
| Mean (SD) | 3.4 (5.1) |
| Median | 2.0 |
| Range | 0–30 |
| No (%) using condoms with clients | |
| Always | 109 (77.9) |
| More than half the time | 30 (21.4) |
| About half the time | 1 (0.7) |
| Less than half the time | 0 |
| Never | 0 |
| No (%) using condoms with non-paying partners | |
| Always | 7 (20.0) |
| More than half the time | 6 (17.1) |
| About half the time | 0 (0) |
| Less than half the time | 2 (5.7) |
| Never | 20 (57.1) |
| No (%) who asked clients to use condoms | 126 (90.0) |
| No (%) reporting success in getting clients to use condoms | |
| <50% | 2 (1.6)* |
| 50–<100 | 50 (39.7) |
| 100% (all clients) | 74 (58.7)† |