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Exploring urban male non-marital sexual behaviours in Pakistan

Overview of attention for article published in Reproductive Health, April 2013
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Title
Exploring urban male non-marital sexual behaviours in Pakistan
Published in
Reproductive Health, April 2013
DOI 10.1186/1742-4755-10-22
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Ali M. Mir, Abdul Wajid, Stephen Pearson, Mumraiz Khan, Irfan Masood

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In Pakistan, sexual practices outside marriage are proscribed by law. We aimed to assess the range and magnitude of non-marital sexual behaviours of urban men, focusing on men having sex with men. METHODS: In this cross sectional survey undertaken in six cities of Pakistan, we interviewed 2400 men aged 16-45 years selected through a multistage systematic sampling design. Sexual behaviours were assessed through a structured questionnaire. Multivariable analysis was used to identify association between various individual level characteristics and probability of engaging in sexual activities involving men. RESULTS: Nearly one-third (29 percent) reported having had non-marital sex in their lifetime. Of these men 16 percent reported premarital sex, while 11 percent reported engaging in both pre- and extramarital sex. Only two percent reported exclusive extramarital sex. In total 211 respondents, 9 percent reported ever having had sexual relations with men. While 62 respondents, 2.6 percent reported exclusive sex with males. Factors that were significantly associated with MSM behaviours were being less than 27 years (adjusted OR 5.4, 95% CI 3.8-7.7, p<0.000), less than 10 years of schooling (adjusted OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.4-3.2, p<0.000), being unemployed (adjusted OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.6-4.3, p<0.000), being exposed to pornographic materials (adjusted OR 4.8, 95% CI 3.0-7.7, p<0.000) and being a migrant (adjusted OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.3-3.4, p<0.002). Factors significantly associated with exclusive homosexual behaviour were having sexual debut at a younger age i.e 16-22 years (adjusted OR 12.5, 95% CI: 3.8-40.7, p<0.000), being unemployed (adjusted OR 8.8, 95% CI: 3.0-26.0, p=0.000), having had exposure to pornographic materials (adjusted OR 3.3, 95% CI: 1.5-7.2, p=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: To prevent the spread of STI's in Pakistan, preventive interventions should focus on reaching out to young uneducated men offering them with appropriate counselling and skills to adopt "safe sex practices" through workplace orientation sessions; while for youth in schools, life skills education be included in the curriculum. Through public-private partnership stigmatised groups should be reached through established community networks and provided with information on accessing voluntary counseling and treatment centres.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 92 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 16%
Student > Bachelor 14 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 9%
Researcher 6 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 5%
Other 17 18%
Unknown 27 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 23%
Social Sciences 12 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 12%
Psychology 8 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 7 8%
Unknown 30 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 January 2024.
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#4,809,888
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Outputs from Reproductive Health
#547
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#37,236
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Outputs of similar age from Reproductive Health
#3
of 13 outputs
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