Multiple partners, risky partners and HIV risk among low-income urban women. Fam Plann Perspect 1995;27(6):241-5
Date
11/01/1995Pubmed ID
8666088DOI
10.2307/2136176Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0028880790 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 34 CitationsAbstract
A sample of 671 predominantly single, young black women living in 10 low-income housing developments in five cities completed an anonymous questionnaire assessing factors related to their risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus, including their sexual behavior and condom use, and their partners' risk-related behaviors. In the two months before the 1994 survey, 17% of the women had sex with multiple partners and 22% had an exclusive partner who either had had other sexual partners in the past year or had a history of injection drug use; 40% had an exclusive partner who they believed had not engaged in these risky behaviors. During the same interval, 26% of women who had multiple partners received treatment for a sexually transmitted disease, compared with 9-11% of those who had an exclusive relationship. Condom use at last intercourse and communications about condom use were less frequent among women with an exclusive, risky partner than among those with multiple partners; attitudinal barriers to condom use did not vary, however, by the characteristics of women's relationships.
Author List
Wagstaff DA, Kelly JA, Perry MJ, Sikkema KJ, Solomon LJ, Heckman TG, Anderson ESAuthor
Jeffrey A. Kelly PhD Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAnalysis of Variance
Chi-Square Distribution
Condoms
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
HIV Infections
Humans
Poverty
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Self-Assessment
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Partners
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
United States
Urban Health
