%0 Journal Article
%T Alcohol Use and Experiences of Partner Violence Among Female Sex Workers in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India
%A A. K. Srikrishnan
%A Elsa Heylen
%A Emily Shamban
%A Gopal Krishnan
%A Maria L. Ekstrand
%A Raja Solomon
%A Wayne T. Steward
%J Violence Against Women
%@ 1552-8448
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1077801218778384
%X This cross-sectional study describes the prevalence and context of violence by sexual partners against female sex workers (FSWs, N = 589) in Andhra Pradesh and its association with alcohol use by FSWs and abusive partners. In all, 84% of FSWs reported alcohol use; 65% reported lifetime physical abuse by a sexual partner. Most abused women suffered abuse from multiple partners, often triggered by inebriation or FSW¡¯s defiance. In multivariate logistic regressions, frequency of FSW¡¯s alcohol use was associated with abuse by clients and primary partner, whereas partner¡¯s alcohol use was only significant for abuse by primary partner, not clients
%K alcohol
%K violence
%K female sex workers
%K India
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077801218778384