Table 1 Participant demographic characteristics- Kyaterekera qualitative interviews- time 2 (N = 53)

n (%)

Age (Mean, SD) (min/max = 20–47)

32 (6)

Marital status

Married

5 (9)

Divorced

31 (58)

Separated

4 (8)

Widowed

2 (4)

In a relationship

8 (15)

Single, never married

3 (6)

Religion

Catholic

27 (51)

Protestant

17 (32)

Muslim

9 (17)

Highest level of education

Did not go to school

6 (11)

Dropped out before primary 7

20 (38)

Completed primary 7 and stopped

10 (19)

Dropped out before senior 4

3 (6)

Technical/vocational college

1 (2)

Household size

Number of people in the household (mean, SD) (min/max = 1–8)

3.07 (2)

Number of children in a household (mean, SD) (min/max = 0–6)

1.66 (2)

Employment outside sex work

Yes

4 (7.55)

No

49 (92.45)

Monthly income- UGX (mean, SD) (min/max = 10,000-700,000)

205,038 (171,042)

HIV Results

Positive

19 (36)

Negative

34 (64)

STIs

4 (8)

Duration of sex work in years (mean, SD) (min/max = 0.66-23)

6 (5)

Mean age in years at start of sex work (mean, SD) (min/max = 14–42)

25 (6)

Number of different customers in the last 30 days (mean, SD) (min/max = 2-238)

28 (42)