Table 3 Perceived community attitudes towards injecting drugs and sex work
Hanoi % (95 % CI) | HCMC % (95 % CI) | |
|---|---|---|
Agree society considers WWID to be ‘worse’ than MWID | n = 201 | n = 200 |
86.9 (77.7–91.4) | 80.6 (74.4–86.5) | |
Perceived community views of WWID (>1 response permitted) | n = 203 | n = 200 |
Bad character | 88.3 (81.6–92.5) | 89.2 (84.4–92.9) |
Selfish | 3.0 (1.0–5.3) | 16.6 (11.3–24.7) |
Irresponsible | 12.8 (6.8–17.6) | 15.4 (10.2–22.8) |
Criminal | 19.8 (14.2–26.5) | 15.9 (10.3–20.7) |
Feel afraid of them | 51.1 (42.6–59.8) | 43.0 (34.1–50.5) |
Do not trust them | 41.6 (31.6–49.7) | 44.9 (38.2–54.7) |
Assume they are sex workers | 11.0 (6.7–15.7) | 1.5 (0.2–3.5) |
Feel sorry for them | 4.3 (1.4–8.2) | 1.0 (0.3–1.9) |
Feel they are in a troubled situation | 4.1 (0.8–6.4) | 2.6 (0.0–6.7) |
Perceived community views of SWs (>1 response permitted) | n = 203 | n = 200 |
Bad character | 88.3 (82.1–93.4) | 62.7 (55.0–70.7) |
Selfish | 2.7 (0.8–5.0) | 11.0 (6.0–17.0) |
Irresponsible | 11.6 (7.6–16.4) | 13.6 (7.6–20.4) |
Criminal | 3.3 (-- --) | 10.0 (5.3–15.5) |
Feel afraid of them | 19.9 (11.9–26.8) | 22.5 (15.8–28.5) |
Do not trust them | 23.7 (14.9–30.5) | 17.6 (11.5–22.9) |
Feel sorry for them | 17.9 (12.4–26.5) | 25.7 (19.2–32.7) |
Feel they are in a troubled situation | 17.1 (11.7–22.2) | 25.3 (18.8–33.1) |
Perceived community views of female drug use versus sex work | n = 202 | n = 200 |
Female drug use is worse than sex work | 54.9 (47.7–67.0) | 54.9 (47.5–63.9) |
Sex work is worse than female drug use | 11.5 (5.8–16.5) | 11.6 (7.2–16.9) |
Female drug use and sex work are equivalent | 32.8 (23.9–41.6) | 34.8 (26.1–44.5) |
Agree it is more difficult for WWID to get a non-injecting partner | n = 199 | n = 198 |
93.7 (91.8–97.3) | 83.2 (77.0–88.4) | |
Perceived difficulty for WWID to sell sex | n = 198 | n = 196 |
Easier | 1.1 (0.1–2.4) | 22.1 (16.6–28.8) |
Same | 3.6 (0.9–4.4) | 14.7 (9.2–20.7) |
More difficult | 93.5 (91.6–97.1) | 61.2 (52.7–68.0) |