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The influence of gender-related factors on HIV prevention among Chinese women with disrupted marital relationship
Author(s)
Date Issued
2008
Journal
ISSN
0360-0025
1573-2762
Citation
Sex Roles, 2008, vol. 59, pp. 119-126.
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
Two-hundred-and-thirty-one Chinese women were individually interviewed on their HIV-prevention behavior and gender-related psychosocial factors. Compared to women with intact marriages, women with marital disruption endorsed more inaccurate information about HIV/AIDS, had less worry about contracting HIV from their husbands, and were less likely to use condoms in current and future sexual activities. Among sexually active Chinese married women, rates of condom use in the past 6 months were 60% for the intact group and 38% for the disrupted group. Factors that discriminated between condom non-users and users among sexually active women in the disrupted group included: conservative gender attitudes toward sexuality and sexual decision-making, negative attitudes toward condom use, and lack of concern about contracting HIV from their husbands.
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