Federal government websites often end in. The site is secure. Most studies on survival sex, defined as sex trading for money, drugs, or other needs, have limited their focus to adolescents. The current study reports about the relationships between survival sex trading SST and high-risk behaviors in a sample of adults.
Bivariate analysis shows that HIV-positive status, use of cocaine, ketamine, methamphetamine, heroin, having received drug treatment, and having received medical services are associated with SST. SST are more likely to not use condoms with partners other than their main partner, to have partners who inject drugs and are more likely to use drugs with sex.
A logistic regression model included unwanted sexual touching, partner abuse, identifying as bisexual, African American, higher age, gender women more likely , homelessness, higher number of sexual partners, having anal sex, injection drug use, HIV seropositivity, crack use, and likelihood of injecting drugs.
The model was retested on independently collected Risk Behavior Assessment RBA data and showed significant relationships between survival sex and crack use, gender women more likely , HIV positivity, identifying as bisexual, having anal sex, African American and higher number of sex partners. These findings make it imperative to integrate victimization counseling and HIV education into substance abuse treatment programs.
Reports of those who engage in SST have shown very high associations of SST with homelessness and marginalization by economic poverty, which leads to many reports of trading sex for shelter Whyte, Those who engage in SST may also trade sex for food, drugs, or money Greene et al. SST has also been correlated with the number of meals missed per week MacLachlan et al.
