Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of transgender women who had and who had no access to community-based HIV programs
Characteristics | Total (n = 1375) | Access to community-based HIV programs in the past 3 months* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (n = 756) | Yes (n = 619) | P-value* | ||
Living in urban setting | 1146 (83.3) | 644 (85.2) | 502 (81.1) | 0.04 |
Age group | Â | Â | Â | 0.07 |
18–24 | 729 (53.0) | 418 (55.3) | 311 (50.2) |  |
25–34 | 503 (36.6) | 256 (33.9) | 247 (39.9) |  |
≥ 35 | 143 (10.4) | 82 (10.8) | 61 (9.9) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 0.79 |
Married | 7 (0.5) | 4 (0.5) | 3 (0.5) | Â |
Widowed/divorced | 18 (1.3) | 11 (1.5) | 7 (1.1) | Â |
Not married/not living with a partner | 1070 (78.1) | 590 (78.0) | 484 (78.2) | Â |
Not married/living with a partner | 260 (18.9) | 140 (18.5) | 120 (18.9) | Â |
Level of formal education attained | Â | Â | Â | 0.16 |
Primary or lower (0–6 years) | 307 (22.3) | 172 (22.8) | 135 (21.8) |  |
Lower secondary (7–9 years) | 440 (32.0) | 255 (33.7) | 185 (29.9) |  |
Higher secondary (10–12 years) | 503 (36.6) | 270 (35.7) | 233 (37.6) |  |
University or higher | 125 (9.1) | 59 (7.8) | 66 (10.7) | Â |
Living in current city ≥16 months | 810 (58.9) | 430 (56.9) | 380 (61.4) | 0.09 |
Average income in the past 6 months ≥US$186 | 499 (36.3) | 259 (34.3) | 240 (38.8) | 0.08 |
Current occupation (main source of income) | < 0.001 | |||
Unemployed | 64 (4.7) | 39 (5.2) | 25 (4.0) | Â |
Hairdresser/beautician | 282 (35.1) | 242 (32.0) | 240 (38.8) | Â |
Government officer | 16 (1.2) | 8 (1.1) | 8 (1.3) | Â |
Laborer | 222 (16.1) | 146 (19.3) | 76 (12.3) | Â |
Seller | 149 (10.8) | 80 (10.6) | 69 (11.1) | Â |
Entertainment worker | 140 (10.2) | 78 (10.3) | 62 (10.0) | Â |
Sex worker | 27 (2.0) | 18 (2.4) | 9 (1.5) | Â |
Student | 108 (7.9) | 72 (9.5) | 36 (5.8) | Â |
NGO staff | 34 (2.5) | 4 (0.5) | 30 (4.8) | Â |
Private company staff | 34 (2.5) | 24 (3.2) | 10 (1.6) | Â |
Farmer/fisherman | 19 (1.4) | 9 (1.2) | 10 (1.6) | Â |
Artist | 36 (2.6) | 15 (2.0) | 21 (3.4) | Â |
Others | 44 (3.2) | 21 (2.8) | 23 (3.7) | Â |
Frequency of expression as female |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
All the time | 661 (48.1) | 331 (43.8) | 330 (53.3) | Â |
Not all the time | 714 (51.9) | 415 (56.1) | 289 (46.7) | Â |
Average number of transgender women they knew | 23.9 ± 44.6 | 20.9 ± 36.4 | 27.7 ± 52.7 | 0.005 |
Used gender affirming hormones | 619 (45.0) | 292 (38.6) | 327 (52.8) | < 0.001 |
Had gender-affirming surgeries | 128 (9.3) | 57 (7.5) | 71 (11.5) | 0.01 |