Profiles of Sexual Economic Exchanges among Women in Kisumu, Kenya: A Latent Class Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Sexual economic exchanges, including sex work and transactional sex, have been consistently associated with HIV acquisition among young women in sub-Saharan Africa. Heterogeneity in HIV vulnerability across overlapping types of sexual economic exchange has not been sufficiently explored, limiting appropriate and effective linkage to prevention interventions. From January 2017 to May 2018, cross-sectional data were captured at screening for entry into an HIV incidence cohort in Kisumu, Kenya. Men and women aged 18-35 years completed a socio-behavioral questionnaire. Latent class analysis was used to classify sexually active women into discrete groups based on self-identification of occupational sex and other sexual exchanges, including exchange for money, gifts, food, school fees, substance

SUBMITTER: Roach MAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11835520 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature