"Because he has bought for her, he wants to sleep with her": Alcohol as a currency for sexual exchange in South African drinking venues

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1005-1012

  Watt, Melissa H ^a   Aunon, Frances M ^a   Skinner, Donald ^b   Sikkema, Kathleen J ^a,c   Kalichman, Seth C ^d   Pieterse, Desiree ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gender; HIV; Sexual behavior; South Africa; Transactional sex

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84857917772     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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