The size and distribution of the female sex worker population and the prevalence of selected male sexual behaviours, and HIV prevalence in three talukas, Bagalkot district, Karnataka, India
| Taluka | District total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| *p<0.05 comparing taluka A to each of talukas B and D. | |||||||
| †p<0.01 comparing taluka A to each of talukas B and D | |||||||
| ‡p<0.05 compared with each of the other talukas except taluka A. | |||||||
| ¶p<0.05 compared with each of the other talukas except taluka E. | |||||||
| Female sex work | |||||||
| No. of rural FSWs | 1172 | 1848 | 984 | 830 | 834 | 658 | 6326 |
| Per 1000 adult males | 19.5 | 38.2 | 30.8 | 21.0 | 11.7 | 14.4 | 21.5 |
| Per 1000 adult females | 20.8 | 40.4 | 31.6 | 21.5 | 11.9 | 14.8 | 22.3 |
| No. of urban FSWs | 579 | 235 | 18 | 7 | 50 | 65 | 954 |
| Per 1000 adult males | 14.0 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 7.3 |
| Per 1000 adult females | 14.6 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 7.6 |
| Total FSWs | 1751 | 2083 | 1002 | 837 | 884 | 723 | 7280 |
| Per 1000 adult males | 17.2 | 30.5 | 27.7 | 12.9 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 17.1 |
| Per 1000 adult females | 18.2 | 32.1 | 28.5 | 13.5 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 17.8 |
| Devadasi FSWs (%) | 92.1 | 84.4 | 76.3 | 66.9 | 61.2 | 74.0 | 74.0 |
| Out-migrant FSWs/1000 in situ | 241 | 152 | 186 | 155 | 189 | 180 | 186 |
| Villages with 20+ FSWs (n (%)) | 21 (32) | 36 (47) | 20 (31) | 11 (11) | 4 (2.5) | 1 (0.6) | 93 (15) |
| FSWs in village clusters of 20+ (n (%)) | 856 (73) | 1462 (79) | 659 (67) | 283 (34) | 135 (16) | 21 (3.2) | 3416 (54) |
| FSWs with 10+ clients/week (%) | 63 | 44 | – | 39 | – | – | – |
| Male behaviour | |||||||
| Rural men ever visiting FSW (n (%)) | |||||||
| Unmarried | 12.8 (78) | 11.5 (87) | 4.4 (87) | 7.8 (102) | 5.7 (176) | 10.5 (210) | 8.7 (722) |
| Married | 13.4 (157) | 21.5 (163) | 9.8 (163) | 13.2 (204) | 13.3 (346) | 13.7 (408) | 14.1 (1401) |
| All | 13.2 (235) | 18.0 (250)‡ | 7.8 (250) | 11.4 (306) | 10.7 (522) | 12.6 (618) | 12.3 (2123) |
| Rural men ever with non-FSW non-marital partner (%) | |||||||
| Unmarried (premarital) | 23.1 | 35.6 | 20.3 | 22.6 | 31.8 | 30.1 | 30.1 |
| Married (pre/extramarital) | 28.0 | 42.3 | 17.1 | 26.0 | 36.1 | 33.6 | 33.6 |
| All | 26.4 | 40.0¶ | 18.2 | 24.8 | 34.7 | 32.7 | 30.9 |
| Adult HIV prevalence, (% (95% CI)) | |||||||
| Rural | 3.3 (2.3–4.7)* | 6.0 (4.2–8.5) | – | 1.4 (0.6–3.2) | – | – | – |
| Total | 2.9 (2.2–3.7)† | 4.9 (3.6–6.6) | – | 1.2 (0.6–2.1) | – | – | – |