Table 2 Behavioral characteristics, Sexual risk factors by history of lifetime drug use and pattern of current drug use among FSWs in Iran during 2019–2020
Variables | N = 1480 | History of lifetime drug use N (weighted %) | Current drug use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (weighted %) | ||||||||
No | Yes | P-value | No | Single drug use N = 132 | Poly-drug use N = 177 | P-value | ||
N = 971 | N = 509 | N = 1171 | ||||||
Age of first sex contact mean ± SD | 17.42 (4.28) | 17.03 (4.25) | 0.098 | 17.46 (4.37) | 16.22 (3.49) | 17.08 (4.02) | 0.452 | |
Age of first transactional sex mean ± SD | 27.94 (8.54) | 26.60 (8.49) | 0.006 | 27.74 (8.49) | 27.81(10.44) | 25.71 (6.55) | 0.003 | |
History of worked in team houses/hangouts | ||||||||
Yes | 674 (32.14) | 397 (60.94) | 277 (39.06) | < 0.001 | 504 (74.04) | 60 (13.51) | 110 (12.45) | < 0.001 |
No | 790 (67.86) | 561 (75.43) | 229 (24.57) | 652 (84.41) | 71 (7.48) | 67 (8.11) | ||
Group sex | ||||||||
Yes | 402 (16.21) | 250 (68.93) | 152 (31.07) | 0.636 | 314 (80.90) | 35 (10.64) | 53 (8.45) | 0.687 |
No | 1050 (83.79) | 697 (70.73) | 353 (29.27) | 829 (80.96) | 97 (9.26) | 124 (9.78) | ||
Client number (past month) | ||||||||
1 | 79 (7.15) | 52 (69.35) | 27 (30.65) | 0.396 | 63 (79.82) | 8 (10.54) | 8 (9.65) | < 0.001 |
2–5 | 480 (38.44) | 330 (70.11) | 150 (29.89) | 374 (78.58) | 35 (7.32) | 71 (14.10) | ||
≥ 6 | 748 (48.42) | 484 (72.28) | 264 (27.72) | 596 (81.80) | 83 (12.49) | 69 (5.71) | ||
Don’t know | 106 (5.98) | 59 (63.37) | 47 (36.63) | 81 (86.63) | 4 (4.40) | 21 (8.97) | ||
History of anal sex in lifetime | ||||||||
Yes | 782 (43.45) | 497 (69.32) | 285 (30.68) | 0.35 | 618 (81.67) | 61 (8.63) | 103 (9.70) | 0.706 |
No | 658 (56.55) | 441 (71.75) | 217 (28.25) | 518 (80.79) | 69 (9.92) | 71 (9.29) | ||
History of intentional abortion | ||||||||
Yes | 582 (37.22) | 348 (65.26) | 234 (34.74) | 0.001 | 450 (79.05) | 51 (9.88) | 81 (11.07) | 0.182 |
No | 775 (62.78) | 533 (74.01) | 242 (25.99) | 622 (82.91) | 70 (8.81) | 83 (8.28) | ||
Condom use in the last sex | ||||||||
Yes | 1021 (70.71) | 703 (73.24) | 318 (26.76) | 0.001 | 824 (82.19) | 97 (9.97) | 100 (7.84) | 0.008 |
No | 452 (29.29) | 263 (64.59) | 189 (35.41) | 342 (78.88) | 35 (8.22) | 75 (12.90) | ||
History of arrest or prison | ||||||||
Yes | 423 (21.81) | 170 (37.82) | 253 (62.18) | < 0.001 | 259 (56.96) | 53 (15.80) | 111 (27.23) | < 0.001 |
No | 984 (78.19) | 740 (79.55) | 244 (20.45) | 845 (87.62) | 76 (7.65) | 63 (4.73) | ||
Violent sex | ||||||||
Yes | 590 (29.99) | 341 (60.91) | 249 (39.09) | < 0.001 | 441 (75.06) | 56 (11.17) | 93 (13.77) | < 0.001 |
No | 885 (70.01) | 626 (74.75) | 259 (25.25) | 726 (83.66) | 76 (8.67) | 83 (7.67) | ||
HIV sero-status | ||||||||
Negative | 1456 (98.37) | 963 (71.44) | 493 (28.56) | < 0.001 | 1156 (81.38) | 129 (9.35) | 171 (9.26) | 0.104 |
Positive | 24 (1.63) | 8 (26.37) | 16 (73.63) | 15 (66.89) | 3 (11.42) | 6 (21.69) | ||
Alcohol use | ||||||||
Yes | 897 (53.24) | 533 (65.64) | 364 (34.36) | < 0.001 | 694 (79.83) | 83 (9.42) | 120 (10.74) | 0.271 |
No | 547 (46.76) | 412 (75.58) | 135 (24.42) | 449 (82.21) | 46 (9.60) | 52 (8.20) | ||
The main way to find clients | ||||||||
Hangout | 143 (5.93) | 99 (69.08) | 44 (30.92) | 0.003 | 112 (76.10) | 11 (12.43) | 20 (11.47) | < 0.001 |
Pimp | 328 (21.27) | 214 (69.17) | 114 (30.83) | 258 (79.02) | 42 (15.59) | 28 (5.39) | ||
Cyberspace (phone, internet) | 264 (18.45) | 198 (79.93) | 66 (20.07) | 232 (88.69) | 16 (7.25) | 16 (4.06) | ||
Others (party, streets, friends, hotel, etc.) | 733 (54.35) | 454 (68.33) | 279 (31.67) | 561 (79.86) | 62 (7.33) | 110 (12.81) | ||