Ye Yu Shwe. HIV related risk taking sexual behaviors of Myanmar male migrants in Ranong, Thailand . Master's Degree(Population and Social Research). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2007.
HIV related risk taking sexual behaviors of Myanmar male migrants in Ranong, Thailand
Abstract:
The objective of this research was to identify HIV related risky sexual
behaviors of Myanmar male migrants in Ranong, and the factors leading them to
engage in risk taking sexual behaviors.
This study used secondary data from the “Survey for Border Population and
Reproductive Health (Ranong),” implemented in July 2006 by “Institute for
Population and Social Research, Mahidol University.” The sample comprised 501
Myanmar male migrants aged 15 to 49 years who had been living continuously in
Ranong for at least six months.
HIV related risky sexual behaviors are having premarital or extramarital sex,
irregular or non-consistent condom use with pre or extra marital sexual partners, and
penile modification. Approximately one-third of the respondents had never had sex
before. Among those who ever had sex, 34 percent had had pre or extra marital sex,
and 13.2 percent had never used a condom or used them irregularly. Interestingly, 14
percent of all respondents had either had marble implantation or oil injection or both
penis modifications. Binary logistic regressions show the factors related to HIV related
risk-taking-sexual behaviors are age of the migrants, current marital status, duration of
living in Ranong, Thai language proficiency, occupation of the migrants and
perception of being at risk of HIV infection.