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Native-place networks and sexual risk behaviours among Chinese male rural-urban migrants

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ID2249082
AutoresXiaozhao Y Yang (0000-0001-7354-7208, Sociology Department Purdue University USA, autor de correspondencia), B C Kelly (0000-0003-2039-1347, Sociology Department Purdue University USA), Tingzhong Yang (0000-0001-9182-1055, Department of Social Medicine Zhejiang University China)
Año2016
Volumen38
Número4
Páginas559-575
Fecha de publicación2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.12380
PMID26582759
OpenAlexW2176074774
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas54

Some scholars argue that the maintenance of social networks contributes to the lower prevalence of deviant behaviours and fewer adverse health effects among migrants. But others suggest that if migrants are embedded in homogeneous networks, such networks may enable the formation of a deviant subculture that promotes risk taking. Facing this dilemma, the present study investigates how native-place networks influence sexual risk behaviours (SRBs), specifically the pursuit of commercial sex and condomless sex with sex workers, for male rural-urban migrants. Using a multi-stage sample of 1,591 male rural-urban migrants from two major migrant-influx cities within China, we assessed migrants' general friend network ties and native place networks (townsmen in migrants' local networks) and tested their associations with SRBs. Multiple logistic regression analyses indicate that native-place network ties are associated with paying for sex (OR = 1.33, p s because homogenous networks may serve as a platform for the emergence of a deviant subculture that promotes risk behaviours. A Virtual Abstract of this paper is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wg20I6j8XQ

Geography · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology