ArticleSexually transmitted infections2006
Characteristics of men who pay for sex: a UK sexual health clinic survey.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Paid sex among men in sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis of the demographic and health survey.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Heterosexual men who purchase sex and attended an STI clinic in Israel: characteristics and sexual behavior.Israel journal of health policy research · 2018Article
- Youth paying for sex: what are the associated factors? Findings from a cross-sectional study in Cambodia.BMC public health · 2018Article
- The prevalence of, and factors associated with, paying for sex among men resident in Britain: findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3).Sexually transmitted infections · 2015Article
- Transactional relationships and sex with a woman in prostitution: prevalence and patterns in a representative sample of South African men.BMC public health · 2012Article
- Globalisation, the sex industry, and health.Sexually transmitted infections · 2006Article
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Abstract
backgroundPopulations surveys in the United Kingdom have documented a doubling in the number of men paying for sex over the decade 1990 to 2000. We report the prevalence of this behaviour in men attending a sexual health clinic, and describe their characteristics.
methodsRetrospective case note review.
resultsOf 2665 men completing a standard health screening questionnaire, 10% (267) reported paid sex. We reviewed case notes of 258 men. The mean age was 34.7 years. The majority reported paying women, with 4.3% paying men for sex. Men reported paying for sex abroad (51%), locally (40%), or elsewhere in the United Kingdom (11%), with only 1.7% paying for sex both in the United Kingdom and abroad. The majority (66%) had paid for sex in the previous 12 months, and 27% were repeated users of prostitutes. Almost half the men (43%) paid for sex while in another relationship. Unprotected vaginal sex was more common in men who had paid for sex abroad. None of the men had HIV infection, but 20% had a sexually transmitted infection (8% chlamydia, 1.3% gonorrhoea, 7% non-gonococcal urethritis, and 1.1% syphilis)
conclusionRoutine questions about commercial sexual contacts could allow targeted health promotion and harm minimisation for this group of men, protecting their partners-both unsuspecting and commercial.
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