Prevalence and correlates of sexual behaviors among karen villagers in northern Thailand
| Autor: | Eiko Kobori, Surasing Visrutaratna, Siriporn Wongchai, Masahiro Kihara, Akiko Kada, Masako Ono-Kihara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male Rural Population Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Social Psychology Adolescent Sexual Behavior Population Ethnic group Human sexuality HIV Infections law.invention Condom law Risk Factors Premarital sex Prevalence Medicine Humans education education.field_of_study Extramarital sex business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases Middle Aged Thailand Sex Work Infectious Diseases Spouse Marital status Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and behavior. 11(4) |
| ISSN: | 1090-7165 |
| Popis: | A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two mountainous villages of the Karen, a major ethnic minority in Thailand. The participants were 566 villagers aged 15–54 years (371 in Village A, 195 in Village B; response rate=81.9%). Premarital/extramarital sex was experienced by 10–20% of the sexually active respondents and sex with a female sex worker (FSW) by 12.6% of males. Premarital sex was independently associated with being a Christian and occupational experience in town; extramarital sex was associated with Village A and drug use; sex with a FSW was associated with being unmarried, a nonfarmer, and occupational experience in town. Approximately 80% of the married participants never used a condom with their spouse, and nearly one-third never did so with a boy/girlfriend or a FSW. A history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) was associated with sex with a FSW. These findings suggest that nontraditional sexual practices are prevalent and could potentially threaten Karen communities with the spread of HIV. |
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