Association between CAG status and FSWs' acquisition of social entitlements in the year preceding the survey in five districts of Andhra Pradesh, Behavioural Tracking Survey, 2010–2011
| Type of social entitlement | Number of PSUs with an identified need for the social entitlement | Number of CAGs | Number of FSWs registered in the HIV prevention programme by CAG status | Number of FSWs linked to social entitlements in the last 1 year by CAG status | Mean number of FSWs per PSU who received social entitlements in the last year | Results from the multiple linear regression analyses | ||||||
| Non-active CAGs | Active CAGs | Non-active CAGs | Active CAGs | Non-active CAGs | Active CAGs | Non-active CAGs | Active CAGs | Constant term | Adjusted* regression coefficient (β) for CAG status (SE) | p Values | ||
| Ration card | 80 | 17 | 63 | 4543 | 15 436 | 117 | 812 | 6.8 | 12.8 | 4.5 | 6.2 (1.7) | <0.01 |
| Voter identity card | 59 | 12 | 47 | 2912 | 12 200 | 126 | 558 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 (2.4) | 0.76 |
| Bank account | 40 | 11 | 29 | 2550 | 6187 | 65 | 269 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 3.4 (1.6) | 0.05 |
| Admission of children into free educational system | 34 | 6 | 28 | 1243 | 6142 | 55 | 292 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 1.3 (2.7) | 0.65 |
| Health insurance | 30 | 6 | 24 | 1529 | 5585 | 42 | 316 | 7.0 | 13.1 | 8.1 | 6.3 (2.4) | 0.02 |
| Other | 29 | 10 | 19 | 2273 | 4292 | 110 | 176 | 11.0 | 9.3 | −0.40 | −3.2 (3.1) | 0.31 |
Other refers to housing pattas (certificates) and cooking gas connections. Active CAG: at least one individual or cell/group or committee assigned to work for the particular social entitlement; non-active CAG: no individual or cell/group or committee assigned to work for the particular social entitlement.
↵* Adjusted for the registered number of FSWs in the PSU using linear multivariate regression. Separate linear regression models were estimated for each of the social entitlements.
CAG, community action group; FSW, female sex worker; PSU, primary sampling unit.