Hurricane impact associated with transactional sex and moderated, but not mediated, by economic factors in Okay, Haiti.

ABSTRACT: Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, often negatively affect the economic wellbeing of affected individuals. Under such conditions, women may engage in transactional sexual behaviors in order to compensate for lost income and provide for their households. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between hurricane impact and transactional sex and if this relationship was moderated, or mediated, through economic factors. Between December 2017 and February 2018, approximately one year after the area was hit by a category 4 hurricane (Hurricane Matthew), we interviewed a random sample of female microfinance members (n = 304) in Okay, Haiti. We estimated the association between hurricane impact and transactional sex using log-binomial regression. Next, we tested for economic moderation of

SUBMITTER: Luetke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220409 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature