| Comparison of Salient Characteristics of Young and Older Female Sex Workers under National Behavioural Surveillance Survey in India (2001) | |||||
| Parameters | Aged <=24 Years (2081) | Aged 25+ Years (4580) | Remarks | ||
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Porportion Traveling to Other Areas for Sex Work | |||||
| Mean No. of Paying Partners/Week (90% Confidence Intervals) | |||||
| Median No. Paying Partners/Week | |||||
| 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 | |||||
