Table 2

Behavioural and other related factors among 4900 female sex workers across 11 towns, Ethiopia

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
Frequency alcohol consumption
Never	1493	30.6
Once a month or less	222	4.5
2–4 days a month	492	10.1
2–3 days a week	1394	28.5
4 or more days a week	1283	26.3
Total	4884	100.0
Missing	16
Alcohol containing drinks on a typical day
1 or 2	806	23.8
3 or 4	1383	40.8
5 or 6	742	21.9
7 to 9	296	8.7
10 or more	164	4.8
Total	3391	100.0
Missing	0
Frequency of heavy episodic drinking
Never	1863	54.9
Less than monthly	236	7.0
Monthly	299	8.8
Weekly	630	18.6
Daily or almost daily	363	10.7
Total	3391	100.0
Missing	0
Drunk so much and cannot remember what happened the next day
Yes, in last 30 days	534	15.8
Yes, not in last 30 days	233	6.9
No	2609	77.2
Do not remember	4	0.1
Total	3380	100.0
Missing	11
Frequency of khat chewing
Never	2431	49.8
Less than once a week	577	11.8
1–2 days per week	429	8.8
3–4 days per week	284	5.8
5–7 days per week	1162	23.8
Total	4883	100.0
Missing	17
Condom breakage in the last 30 days
Yes	1243	25.5
No	3635	74.5
Total	4878
Missing	22
HIV status
Negative	3708	76.0
Positive	1173	24.0
Total	4881	100.0
Missing	19
Ever been raped or forced to have sex since start selling sex
No	4142	84.8
Yes	742	15.2
Total	4884	100.0
Missing	16
Physically beaten in the last 12 months
No	4026	82.5
Yes	855	17.5
Total	4881	100.0
Missing	19