Open AccessA Multilevel Analysis of Gatekeeper Characteristics and Consistent Condom Use Among Establishment-Based Female Sex Workers in Guangxi, China
Author(s) -
Qing Li,
Xiaoming Li,
Bonita Stanton,
Xiaoyi Fang,
Ran Zhao
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181e1a2b2
Subject(s) - condom , medicine , psychological intervention , multilevel model , demography , intraclass correlation , china , environmental health , clinical psychology , statistics , family medicine , geography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychometrics , psychiatry , mathematics , archaeology , sociology , syphilis
Multilevel analytical techniques are being applied in condom use research to ensure the validity of investigation on environmental/structural influences and clustered data from venue-based sampling. The literature contains reports of consistent associations between perceived gatekeeper support and condom use among entertainment establishment-based female sex workers (FSWs) in Guangxi, China. However, the clustering inherent in the data (FSWs being clustered within establishment) has not been accounted in most of the analyses. We used multilevel analyses to examine perceived features of gatekeepers and individual correlates of consistent condom use among FSWs and to validate the findings in the existing literature.