FSWs' interaction with the police and reported experiences of abuse in five district of Andhra Pradesh, Behavioural Tracking Survey, 2010–2011
| Interaction with the police and experience of abuse | Ananthapur (N=400) | Medak (N=400) | Khammam (N=396) | Warangal (N=390) | Kurnool (N=400) | Total (N=1986) |
| Ever arrested by the police (%)*** | 19.8 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 20.3 | 14.9 |
| Police explained reasons for arrest† (%)*** | 97.2 | 75.1 | 73.0 | 89.9 | 91.3 | 93.8 |
| Police informed at least one friend or relative about the arrest† (%)** | 49.2 | 30.2 | 49.5 | 23.1 | 32.1 | 44.6 |
| Ever interacted with the police (%)*** | 80.5 | 39.2 | 39.5 | 66.4 | 63.2 | 66.2 |
| Feels that the police treat FSWs more fairly now than they did 1 year before‡ (%)*** | 83.3 | 59.5 | 59.0 | 76.6 | 74.9 | 77.9 |
**p<0.01; ***p<0.001. Significance of the differences in the percentages across districts was tested using χ2 test.
↵† Among FSWs who had ever been arrested refers to FSWs' experience when they were arrested last time.
↵‡ Among FSWs who had ever interacted with the police.
FSW, female sex worker; N, number of cases.