[Status of using condoms and its influencing factors of female commercial sex workers in small service places in Hangzhou City].
OBJECTIVE
To understand the status of using condoms and its influencing factors of female commercial sex workers in small service places, providing the basis for AIDS behavior interference.


METHODS
All female commercial sex workers from 100 small service places in Hangzhou Xiacheng District were surveyed by behavior surveillance questionnaire of AIDS. The status of using condoms was known when took place commercial sex. The relationship among total 13 factors about age, practice time, marriage, education, AIDS knowledge score, etc and every commercial sex by using condoms, was analyzed with univariate analysis and Multivariate Logistic regression.


RESULTS
Average age of 326 female commercial sex workers were (24.89 +/- 5.55) years old, less than 1 year practice time workers accounted for 47.85%, less than middle school accounted for 84.36%. The rates of using condoms in one recent commercial sex and every commercial sex in last month were 85.28% and 53.68%. Multivariate Logistic regression analyze showed that the rate of using condoms in every commercial sex worker about female commercial sex workers who had more than 3 years practice time, had more than 8 about AIDS knowledge score, used condoms for preventing AIDS, used condoms if being gived more money was high relatively, OR value were 1.99 (95% CI: 1.17 - 3.41), 2.01 (95% CI: 1.04 - 3.86), 4.01 (95% CI: 1.18 - 13.61) and 2.95 (95% CI: 1.84 - 4.72) respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The female commercial sex workers in small service places had not long practice time, low education, low rate of used condoms. Practice time, AIDS knowledge score et al, were primary associated with using condoms.
Xi
Shengjun
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Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. xisj1979@sina.com
He
Yufang
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Zhou
Xiaohong
X
Yang
Qing
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Sun
Muxing
M
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D060386:Sex Workers; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult