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Socio-economic and demographic characteristics and HIV-1 infection among female commercial sex workers in Thailand.

AIDS Care. 1995;7(5):557-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96263762
van Griensven GJ; Limanonda B; Chongwatana N; Tirasawat P; Coutinho RA; Department of Public Health, Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam,; Netherlands.

Abstract: To identify socio-economic and demographic factors related to prevalent HIV-1 infection among female commercial sex workers (CSW) in Thailand oral interviews and blood samples were taken from 800 female commercial sex workers in northern and southern Thailand during a cross-sectional survey in 1992. The overall HIV-1 prevalence rate was 22% and showed a statistically significant decrease from 36% when the age at start of commercial sex work was between 12 and 15 years old to 11% when the age at start was 21 years or over. Working in direct service, working in the north, not being Thai, lower education, having no children and having a debt to the employer were all related to an elevated risk for HIV-1 infection in univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis younger age at start of commercial sex work, working in direct service, working in the north and having a debt to the employer were independently associated with prevalent HIV-1 infection. Prevention activities are urgently needed to prevent younger girls from entering sexual service business and to protect them from HIV 1 infection once they start working in the commercial sex service.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult Age Factors Analysis of Variance Condoms/UTILIZATION Cross-Sectional Studies Female Human HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL *HIV-1 Logistic Models Odds Ratio Prevalence *Prostitution Risk Factors Socioeconomic Factors Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Thailand/EPIDEMIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadolescenceadultagefactorsanalysisofvariancecondoms/utilizationcross-sectionalstudiesfemalehumanhivinfections/KWDepidemiology/prevention&controlKWDhiv-1logisticmodelsoddsratioprevalenceKWDprostitutionriskfactorssocioeconomicfactorssupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tthailand/epidemiologyjournalarticle
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M96A1454

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