Nanning (N=418) | Hefei (N=407) | Qingdao (N=420) | ||||
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Per cent (n) | 95% CI | Per cent (n) | 95% CI | Per cent (n) | 95% CI | |
Education | ||||||
Primary or less | 34.5 (151) | 28.7 to 40.2 | 47.9 (202) | 41.8 to 54.0 | 43.0 (193) | 36.8 to 49.3 |
Middle school | 52.3 (213) | 46.6 to 57.9 | 42.2 (171) | 36.8 to 47.7 | 46.5 (193) | 40.4 to 52.6 |
High school or above | 13.3 (54) | 9.5 to 16.0 | 9.9 (34) | 6.3 to 13.5 | 10.4 (34) | 5.9 to 15.0 |
Marital status | ||||||
Unmarred | 13.3 (52) | 9.6 to 17.0 | 13.1 (47) | 9.5 to 16.8 | 2.5 (17) | 0.0 to 5.6 |
Married | 57.6 (237) | 52.3 to 62.9 | 54.5 (226) | 49.6 to 59.5 | 38.6 (147) | 31.9 to 45.3 |
Divorced or widowed | 29.2 (129) | 24.7 to 33.6 | 32.4 (134) | 27.4 to 37.3 | 58.9 (256) | 52.5 to 65.3 |
Residency | ||||||
Urban | 27.2 (103) | 22.8 to 31.7 | 41.1 (162) | 35.9 to 46.2 | 33.6 (115) | 27.0 to 40.1 |
Rural | 73.8 (315_ | 68.3 to 77.3 | 58.9 (245) | 53.8 to 64.1 | 66.4 (305) | 59.5 to 73.0 |
Place for commercial sex | ||||||
Street/park/roadside hotel | 56.9 (230) | 50.7 to 63.0 | 45.6 (179) | 40.4 to 50.9 | 20.2 (83) | 14.5 to 25.9 |
Barbershop/massage/sauna | 35.9 (155) | 30.1 to 41.7 | 37.8 (157) | 31.5 to 43.9 | 19.8 (84) | 12.8 to 26.8 |
Dancing hall and music bar | 0.2 (1) | 0 to 2.1 | 5.4 (30) | 2.3 to 8.5 | 11.7 (40) | 5.5 to 17.8 |
Rental home | 7.1 (32) | 6.6 to 7.6 | 11.3 (41) | 6.7 to 15.8 | 48.3 (213) | 40.8 to 55.9 |
Previous job | ||||||
Low-paid services* | 60.5 (251) | 55.5 to 65.6 | 56.6 (231) | 50.9 to 62.3 | 45.4 (170) | 38.9 to 51.8 |
Small private business† | 13.2 (55) | 9.2 to 17.1 | 13.4 (65) | 9.3 to 17.5 | 17.1 (58) | 12.3 to 22.0 |
Farmer | 16.4 (71) | 12.6 to 20.3 | 9.5 (44) | 5.5 to 13.5 | 11.1 (57) | 7.5 to 14.8 |
No job | 6.7 (28) | 4.0 to 9.4 | 13.5 (52) | 10.0 to 17.2 | 19.8 (108) | 13.3 to 26.4 |
Other jobs | 3.2 (13) | 1.2 to 5.1 | 6.9 (24) | 3.5 to 10.3 | 6.5 (27) | 4.4 to 8.6 |
Reasons for sex work | ||||||
Economic | 75.2 (315) | 70.2 to 80.2 | 77.3 (320) | 72.6 to 82.0 | 67.0 (287) | 62.0 to 72.0 |
Divorced/widow | 13.5 (62) | 9.4 to 17.5 | 12.4 (47) | 8.8 to 16.0 | 16.7 (72) | 12.6 to 21.2 |
Lost job | 6.0 (19) | 3.0 to 8.9 | 2.1 (10) | 0.2 to 4.0 | 6.9 (23) | 4.4 to 9.3 |
Other reasons | 5.4 (22) | 3.2 to 7.5 | 8.2 (30) | 5.5 to 10.9 | 9.2 (38) | 6.2 to 12.2 |
Median and 25th–75th centile | ||||||
Age (years) | 37 | 36 to 40 | 38 | 35 to 43 | 42 | 36 to 48 |
Age starting sex work | 33 | 31 to 35 | 36 | 33 to 40 | 35 | 30 to 41 |
Duration of sex work (years) | 3 | 1.8 to 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 to 3.0 | 6.2 | 4.0 to 9.9 |
*Waitress, barber, hotel or building cleaner, home servant, babysitter, bar and counter attender and shop assistant.
†Beauty salon, selling cloth, food, vegetable or fruit.