HIV-Related Risk Factors Associated with Commercial Sex Among Female Migrants in China

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ID15216633
AutoresHongmei Yang (0000-0002-9048-2546, Wayne State University, autor correspondente), Xiaoming Li (0000-0002-5555-9034, Wayne State University), Bonita Stanton (0000-0001-7892-5327, Wayne State University), Xinguang Chen (0000-0001-8263-643X, Wayne State University), Hongjie Liu (0000-0001-5733-4309, Wayne State University), Xiaoyi Fang (0000-0002-9494-0997, Beijing Normal University), Danhua Lin (0000-0003-3755-1730, Beijing Normal University), Rong Mao (0000-0002-1236-0252, Nanjing University)
Ano2005
Volume26
Fascículo2
Páginas134-148
Data de publicação2005-02-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399330590905585
PMID15804913
PMCIDPMC1791013
OpenAlexW2144114233
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas28
Referências citadas21

Data from 633 sexually experienced female migrants were analyzed to examine the sociodemographic and psychosocial factors and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related behaviors associated with involvement in commercial sex. Six percent (40/633) of the participants reported having had sex for money. Compared with women who had not engaged in commercial sex, women who had sold sex were younger, less educated, and more likely to be unmarried. They were more likely to have engaged in HIV-related risk behaviors, such as becoming intoxicated with alcohol and using drugs. Among women engaged in commercial sex, only 28% of them consistently used condoms during the last three episodes of sexual intercourse. Women who had ever engaged in commercial sex demonstrated greater depressive symptoms than those without such as history (p < .01). Female migrants, especially those engaging in commercial sex, were vulnerable to HIV/sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Sexual risk reduction and condom promotion are urgently needed among this population. Further studies are needed to examine the casual relationship between depression and HIV risk behaviors

Condom · Depression (economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Syphilis · Unsafe Sex · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues