Migration and sexual partnerships among unmarried young men in Thailand: a longitudinal approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Migrants typically report more sexual behavior than non-migrants. In existing work, the potentially confounding effects of selection loom large. Our objective is to discern whether migrants actually do engage in more sexual activity than their non-migrating counterparts, once selection is accounted for.

Methods

We used three waves of data from a longitudinal panel study in Thailand. Panel members were rural unmarried men, some of whom subsequently migrated to urban areas and were re-interviewed there. Migrants were compared to their non-migrant counterparts and to a separate sample of long-term urban dwellers.

Results

There were no differences between eventual migrants and non-migrant counterparts in sexual partnerships before migration. Migration increased

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718348 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature