WHO ENGAGES IN SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR?
In southern Brazil, behaviors that carry a high risk of contracting HIV or other sexually transmitted infections are concentrated among women who are young, are formerly married, have little education and are smokers.1 Data collected from 1,543 women in the urban area of Pelotas between October 1999 and January 2000 indicated that 72% had not used a condom at last intercourse, 50% had first had intercourse before they were 18, 7% had had two or more partners in the previous three months and 3% had engaged in anal sex during their last intercourse. Moreover, 14% of the women’s partners and 7% of the women themselves had used alcohol or drugs before their most recent intercourse. Although 10% of the respondents reported none of these risk behaviors, 47% reported one, 33% reported two and 11% reported three or more. In an ordinal regression analysis, an elevated risk score was associated with being younger than 30 (odds ratios of 2.5-3.7), having less than five years of schooling (2.4), b
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- Do you engage in risky sexual behavior (unprotected or promiscuous sex) or drug-related behavior that increases your risk of contacting HIV or viruses that can cause cancer?
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