Table 2 Sexual behaviors of Cambodian male youth who reported having and having not paid for sex in the last year (n = 405)
Sexual behaviors | Having paid for sex (n = 334) | Not having paid for sex (n = 71) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | P-value* | |
Age at first sex (±SD) | 18.8 (±1.9) | 19.2 (±2.4) | 0.08 |
Mean sexual partners in the past year (±SD) | 4.6 (±6.8) | 1.3 (±0.9) | < 0.001 |
More than 4.6 sexual partners in the past year (average number of sexual partners) | <0.001 | ||
Yes | 250 (74.9) | 2 (2.8) | |
No | 84 (25.2) | 69 (97.2) | |
First sexual partner | <0.001 | ||
Wife | 3 (0.9) | 15 (21.1) | |
Sweetheart/girlfriend | 202 (60.8) | 45 (63.4) | |
Sex worker in brothel | 66 (19.9) | 4 (5.6) | |
Beer, karaoke, massage or dancing girl | 49 (14.8) | 4 (5.6) | |
Friend | 8 (2.4) | 2 (2.8) | |
Relative | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | |
Other | 4 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
Ever had a girlfriend | 0.69 | ||
Yes | 306 (91.6) | 64 (90.1) | |
No | 28 (8.4) | 7 (9.9) | |
Have had a girlfriend or a mistress in the past year | 0.89 | ||
Yes | 232 (75.8) | 48 (75.0) | |
No | 74 (24.2) | 16 (25.0) | |
Used a condom with most recent girlfriend in the past 3 months (or mistress) | 0.29 | ||
Always | 87 (46.5) | 16 (37.2) | |
Frequently | 5 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
Sometimes | 17 (9.1) | 3 (7.0) | |
Never | 39 (20.9) | 9 (20.9) | |
Have sweetheart but never had sex with her | 39 (20.9) | 15 (34.9) | |
STI symptoms in the past year | 0.56 | ||
Yes | 20 (6.0) | 3 (4.2) | |
No | 314 (94.0) | 68 (95.8) | |
Used a condom at last sex with girlfriend | 0.58 | ||
Yes | 128 (67.4) | 32 (72.7) | |
No | 60 (31.6) | 11 (25.0) | |
Don’t remember | 2 (1.1) | 1 (2.3) | |
Had an HIV test in the last year | |||
Yes | 88 (26.4) | 25 (35.2) | 0.13 |
No | 246 (73.7) | 46 (64.8) | |
Paid for sex at age 18 or older | |||
Yes | 469 (95.9) | ||
No | 25 (4.5) | ||
Sexual partner in the past year: | |||
Woman working in nightclub/discotheque | 83 (24.9) | ||
Woman working in massage place | 42 (12.6) | ||
Female beer promoter | 55 (16.5) | ||
Female karaoke worker | 133 (39.8) | ||
Woman working in beer garden/restaurant | 31 (9.3) | ||
Female sex worker at brothel/street | 149 (44.6) | ||
Female factory worker | 18 (5.4) | ||
Sweetheart/girl friend | 143 (58.6) | ||
Woman working in nightclub/discotheque | 83 (24.9) | ||
Place you met (see/recruit) the last woman that you paid for sex | |||
Brothel | 67 (20.1) | ||
Massage parlor | 3 (0.9) | ||
Hotel or guesthouse | 202 (60.5) | ||
Street or park/garden | 7 (2.1) | ||
Karaoke bar | 14 (4.2) | ||
Other | 41 (12.3) | ||
Frequency of condom use in the past 3 months with women that you paid for sex | |||
Always | 188 (88.7) | ||
Frequently | 6 (2.8) | ||
Sometimes | 7 (3.3) | ||
Never | 11 (5.2) | ||
Number of condom used during the last time that you paid to have sex with a woman | |||
One | 162 (76.4) | ||
Two or more | 50 (23.6) | ||
You propose using a condom the last time you paid to have sex with a woman | |||
Yes | 161 (75.9) | ||
No | 51 (24.1) | ||
How much alcohol did you drink the last time you went to a sex-worker? | |||
A lot (more than 6 small beers or 3 glasses of wine) | 105 (31.7) | ||
Some (3–6 small beers or 2–3 glasses of wine) | 54 (16.3) | ||
A little (1–3 small beers or 1 glass of wine) | 31 (9.37) | ||
No alcohol | 141 (42.6) | ||