Patterns of alcohol use and sexual behaviors among current drinkers in Cape Town, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the association between alcohol use and sexual behaviors among South African adults who reported current drinking.

Method

Street-intercept surveys were administered to adults residing in neighborhoods in a South African township.

Results

Analyses were restricted to participants reporting current drinking (N=1285; mean age=32; 27% women; 98% Black). Most participants (60%) reported heavy episodic drinking (i.e., 5 or more drinks on a single occasion) at least once per week in the past 30 days. Compared to non-heavy episodic drinkers, participants who reported heavy episodic drinking were more likely to drink before sex (79% vs. 66%) and have sex with a partner who had been drinking (59% vs. 44%). Overall, drinking before sex (self or partn

SUBMITTER: Scott-Sheldon LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3288671 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature