Ability to handle crisis by degree of collective efficacy for achieving certain goals and for addressing specific problems among female sex workers in Mumbai and Thane, India, 2010–2011
| Ability to handle crisis | Total (N=2106) | Collective efficacy for achieving certain goals | Collective efficacy for addressing specific problems | |||
| Low (N=605) | Medium (N=969) | High (N=532) | Low (N=572) | High (N=1534) | ||
| Stood up against the police and madams/brokers to help fellow FSWs in the past 1 year* | ||||||
| % | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 3.8 |
| OR (95% CI) | – | Referent | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.8) | 2.7 (1.5 to 4.9) | Referent | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.1) |
| Confident in facing troublesome stakeholders or service providers alone | ||||||
| % | 65.9 | 38.8 | 78.6 | 73.5 | 53.7 | 70.4 |
| OR (95% CI) | – | Referent | 6.4 (5.0 to 8.2) | 4.3 (3.3 to 5.6) | Referent | 2.3 (1.9 to 2.8) |
| Confident in supporting fellow FSWs in crisis | ||||||
| % | 71.6 | 49.6 | 83.0 | 76.1 | 62.8 | 75.0 |
| OR (95% CI) | – | Referent | 4.4 (3.4 to 5.6) | 2.9 (2.2 to 3.7) | Referent | 1.9 (1.6 to 2.4) |
| Received help from other FSWs when last time had a violent partner or client* | ||||||
| % | 51.1 | 46.3 | 41.4 | 73.9 | 55.0 | 49.8 |
| OR (95% CI) | – | Referent | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.0) | 3.5 (2.7 to 4.5) | Referent | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.0) |
Variables controlled for in the logistic regression analyses are age, education, marital status, duration into sex work, typology and study district.
↵* Refers to the actual execution of behaviour.
AOR, adjusted ORs; FSW, female sex worker; N, total sample size in that category.