| Salient Characteristics of Female Sex Workers Aged <=24 Years Based on Location of Sex Work under National Behavioural Surveillance Survey in India (2001) | |||||
| Parameters | Brothel Based (824) | Not Brothel Based (1257) | Remarks | ||
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Illiterate | |||||
| Grade 1-8 | |||||
| Grade 8+ | |||||
| Ever Married | |||||
| Never Married | |||||
| Porportion Traveling to Other Areas for Sex Work | |||||
| Mean No. of Paying Partners/Week | |||||
| Median No. Paying Partners/Week | |||||
| Mean Age at First Penetrative Sex | |||||
| Median Age at First Penetrative Sex | |||||
| Mean Age at First Selling Sex | |||||
| Median Age at First Selling Sex | |||||
| Proportion Stating that they Heard of HIV/AIDS | |||||
| Proportion Stating that they had Heard of STI | |||||
| Self Reported STI Prevalence in a Year`s Recall | |||||
| Aware that Consistent Condom use & Sex with Faithful Uninfected Partners Prevents HIV Spread | |||||
| Aware that Mosquito Bites & Sharing a Meal with Infected Person don`t Transmit HIV & that Healthy Looking Persons can Transmit HIV | |||||
| Used Condom in Last Sex with Paying Partners | |||||
| Consistently use Condoms with Paying Partners in Past 3 Months | |||||
| Used Condom in Last Sex with Non Paying Partners | |||||
| Consistently used Condoms with Non Paying Partners in Past 3 Months | |||||
| Refuse Sex if Client Refuses to Use Condom | |||||
