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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Mobility, sexual networks and exchange among bodabodamen is southwest Uganda
Culture, Health and Sexuality, Volume 6, No. 3, Year 2004
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Description
In order to examine the sexual behaviour of a highly mobile social group, qualitative data and quantitative data were elicited from 212 private motorbike taxi-men, locally called bodabodamen, from two study sites in Masaka, Uganda. Selection criteria were availability and willingness to participate in the study. Research techniques employed were a questionnaire, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and case studies. Findings indicate that bodabodamen are a highly mobile group who engage in frequent seasonal rural-urban migration. Consequent to this, bodabodamen have a wide network of both occasional and regular sexual partnerships. Both serial and concurrent multiple partnerships are with adults, youths, widows, students, sugar-mummies, barmaids, commercial sex workers, tailors. Exchange plays a significant role in sexual negotiations but the act of giving to a sexual partner is ambivalent in its social interpretation. Since bodabodamen have regular access to cash, they have higher bargaining power for sex. Implications for HIV/AIDS prevention are discussed. © 2004 Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Nyanzi, Stella
Unknown Affiliation
Nyanzi-Wakholi, Barbara
Unknown Affiliation
Kalina, Bessie
Unknown Affiliation
Pool, Robert C.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 60
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/13691050310001658208
ISSN:
13691058
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Approach
Qualitative
Quantitative
Study Locations
Uganda
Participants Gender
Male