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. 2017 May;44(5):306-309.
doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000601.

International Sexual Partnerships May Be Shaped by Sexual Histories and Socioeconomic Status

Hong-Ha M Truong  1 , Megha Mehrotra, Orlando Montoya, Javier R Lama, Juan V Guanira, Martín Casapía, Valdiléa G Veloso, Susan P Buchbinder, Kenneth H Mayer, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Mauro Schechter, Linda-Gail Bekker, Esper G Kallás, Robert M Grant
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International Sexual Partnerships May Be Shaped by Sexual Histories and Socioeconomic Status

Hong-Ha M Truong et al. Sex Transm Dis. 2017 May.

Abstract

Exchange sex and higher education were associated with an increased likelihood of international sexual partnerships (ISPs). Exchange sex and older age were associated with an increased likelihood of condomless sex in ISPs. Educational and socioeconomic factors may create unbalanced power dynamics that influence exchange sex and condomless sex in ISPs.

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History of international sexual partnerships, ever been paid for sex and ever paid for sex among iPrEx participants who completed the modified screening interview, by study site (N=2,887)
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