Socio-demographic, behavioural, knowledge level, program exposure, sex work, and condom breakage characteristics of participants
| Variable | Unweighted, N=291% (weighted) | 95% CI |
| Socio-demographic | ||
| Place of recruitment | ||
| Brothel | 3.9 | 3.0 to 4.8 |
| Public place | 56.2 | 48.6 to 63.8 |
| Home | 40.0 | 32.1 to 47.7 |
| Age (years) | ||
| 18–24 | 22.5 | 16.4 to 28.5 |
| 25–29 | 30.0 | 24.7 to 35.2 |
| 30–34 | 21.1 | 16.2 to 25.9 |
| ≥35 | 26.4 | 20.2 to 32.7 |
| Literacy rate | 57.6 | 51.8 to 63.4 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married/cohabiting | 55.1 | 47.3 to 62.9 |
| Divorced widowed/separated | 38.6 | 31.3 to 46.0 |
| Not married | 6.3 | 2.8 to 9.7 |
| Have no other source of income | 44.5 | 38.1 to 51.0 |
| Currently in debt | 69.9 | 63.8 to 75.9 |
| Age at sexual debut (years) | ||
| 12–15 | 38.6 | 33.0 to 44.2 |
| 16–20 | 53.2 | 47.3 to 59.0 |
| >20 | 8.2 | 4.6 to 11.9 |
| Mean | 16.9 years | 16.5 to 17.3 |
| Sex work | ||
| Age started sex work (years) | ||
| 12–20 | 31.3 | 24.1 to 38.4 |
| 21–25 | 26.4 | 21.1 to 31.9 |
| 26–30 | 28.0 | 21.9 to 34.0 |
| >30 | 14.3 | 10.2 to 18.4 |
| Mean | 24.8 years | 24.0 to 25.6 |
| Ever practiced sex work in another town | 9.5 | 6.1 to 12.9 |
| Main means of solicitation | ||
| Public place | 28.0 | 20.1 to 35.9 |
| Phone | 56.3 | 48.7 to 63.9 |
| Other | 15.7 | 11.7 to 19.7 |
| Main place to entertain clients | ||
| Own home/friend's home | 56.8 | 48.1 to 65.6 |
| Lodge/rented room | 37.0 | 28.0 to 45.9 |
| Brothel | 1.5 | 0.0 to 3.8 |
| Public place | 4.7 | 2.0 to 7.3 |
| Client load | ||
| Mean clients per day | 2.9 | 2.7 to 3.1 |
| Mean days per week of sex work | 3.7 | 3.5 to 3.9 |
| Mean clients per week | 10.5 | 9.5 to 11.5 |
| Risk behaviours | ||
| Never drink alcohol | 64.1 | 56.8 to 71.4 |
| Drink at least once a week | 23.7 | 17.5 to 29.9 |
| Drink, but less than once a week | 12.2 | 7.5 to 16.9 |
| Use a condom every time with new clients | 81.5 | 75.2 to 87.8 |
| Use a condom every time with repeat clients | 78.3 | 72.8 to 83.8 |
| Use a condom every time with non-paying partners | 26.7 | 20.9 to 32.4 |
| Used a condom at last sex with client | 97.0 | 94.9 to 99.0 |
| Time in last month when wanted to use a condom but did/could not | 39.3 | 33.1 to 45.5 |
| Ever asked for anal sex | 70.3 | 64.1 to 76.5 |
| Ever had anal sex | 18.1 | 13 to 23.3 |
| Been forced to have sex in last year | 18.8 | 13.9 to 23.6 |
| Ever been arrested | 8.6 | 5.0 to 12.2 |
| Knowledge and programme exposure | ||
| Heard of sexually transmitted infections | 82.3 | 77.1 to 87.4 |
| Heard of HIV | 98.7 | 97.4 to 99.9 |
| Answered affirmatively that it is possible to tell if a person has HIV by looking at him/her | 26.0 | 19.7 to 32.3 |
| Knew about the CBO | 98.7 | 97.2 to 100.0 |
| Registered with the CBO | 90.9 | 88.0 to 96.1 |
| Ever seen a condom demo | 92.0 | 88.2 to 95.9 |
| Seen demo in last 3 months | 76.9 | 70.4 to 83.5 |
| Ever visited a drop-in centre | 65.2 | 57.3 to 73.3 |
| Condom breakage and slippage history | ||
| Ever experienced a breakage | 60.9 | 53.5 to 68.2 |
| Condom broke at last use | 12.1 | 6.2 to 18.0 |
| Frequency at least once a week | 10.6 | 6.5 to 14.7 |
| Frequency at least once a month | 16.4 | 11.6 to 21.1 |
| Experienced accidental break in the last month, of which: | 33.6 | 26.0 to 41.2 |
| One break | 24.7 | 16.8 to 32.6 |
| Two breaks | 38.2 | 28.5 to 48.0 |
| More than twice | 37.1 | 26.5 to 47.6 |
CBO, Community Based Organisation.