Table 3

Association between violence, mobility and major mental depression among female sex workers, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2014

CharacteristicsScreening of major depressionAORs (95% CIs)
Mobility for sex work in past 2 years
 No mobility21.7 (252)Reference
 Mobile inside district30.0 (236)1.4 (1.2 to 1.8)***
 Mobile outside district47.5 (215)2.8 (2.2 to 3.6)***
Experience of violence in past 1 year
 No22.9 (418)Reference
 Yes49.5 (285)3.0 (2.4 to 3.6)***
Mobility and experience of violence
 No mobility and not experienced violence18.5 (184)Reference
 Mobility inside district but not experienced violence25.6 (151)1.4 (1.1 to 1.8)***
 Mobility outside district but not experienced violence34.7 (83)2.1 (1.5 to 2.9)***
 No mobility but experienced violence41.0 (68)2.8 (1.9 to 3.9)***
 Mobility inside district and experienced violence43.4 (85)3.0 (2.2 to 4.2)***
 Mobility outside district and experienced violence61.7 (132)6.1 (4.4 to 8.6)***
N=240029.3 (703)
  • ***, ** and * indicate values are significant at 1%, 5% and 10% level of significance respectively. AORs are adjusted for age, education, marital status, primary place of sex solicitation, duration of sex work.

  • AORs, adjusted ORs.