Transactional relationships and sex with a woman in prostitution: Prevalence and patterns in a representative sample of South African men

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jewkes, Rachel ^a,c   Morrell, Robert ^b   Sikweyiya, Yandisa ^c   Dunkle, Kristin ^d   Penn Kekana, Loveday ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Commodified sex; Epidemiology; Prostitution; Sexual entitlement; South African men; Transactional sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860333111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-325     Document Type: Article

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