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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Transactional sex with casual and main partners among young South African men in the rural Eastern Cape: Prevalence, predictors, and associations with gender-based violence
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 65, No. 6, Year 2007
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We explored the prevalence and predictors of transactional sex with casual partners and main girlfriends among 1288 men aged 15-26 from 70 villages in the rural Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with young men enroling in the Stepping Stones HIV prevention trial. A total of 17.7% of participants reported giving material resources or money to casual sex partners and 6.6% received resources from a casual partner. Transactionally motivated relationships with main girlfriends were more balanced between giving (14.9%) and getting (14.3%). We constructed multivariable models to identify the predictors for giving and for getting material resources in casual and in main relationships. Each model resulted in remarkably similar predictors. All four types of exchange were associated with higher socio-economic status, more adverse childhood experiences, more lifetime sexual partners, and alcohol use. Men who were more resistant to peer pressure to have sex were less likely to report transactional sex with casual partners, and men who reported more equitable gender attitudes were less likely to report main partnerships underpinned by exchange. The most consistent predictors of all four types of transaction were perpetration of intimate partner violence and rape against women other than a main partner. The strong and consistent association between perpetration of gender-based violence and both giving and getting material goods from female partners suggests that transactional sex in both main and casual relationships should be viewed within a broader continuum of men's exercise of gendered power and control. HIV prevention interventions need to explicitly address transactional sex in the context of ideas about masculinity, which place a high emphasis on heterosexual success with, and control of, women. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dunkle, Kristin L.
United States, Atlanta
Clark Atlanta University
Jewkes, R. K.
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Nduna, Mzikazi
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Jama, Nwabisa
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Levin, Jonathan B.
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Sikweyiya, Yandisa Msimelelo
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Koss, Mary P.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Statistics
Citations: 339
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.029
ISSN:
02779536
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Substance Abuse
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female