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How age and income disparities in sexual relationships put women at risk

How age and income disparities in sexual relationships put women at risk

In one of the regions of Kenya hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a study of more than 1,000 men aged 21–45 in nonmarital relationships reveals that the older a man is than his female partner and the more money and gifts he gives her, the less likely they are to use condoms. Collected in the urban center of Kisumu by Nancy Luke, assistant professor at Brown University and a Harvard University research fellow, this new evidence quantifies for the first time the health effects of “sugar daddy” relationships, long considered an important factor in the spread of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.

“Confronting the ‘Sugar Daddy’ Stereotype: Age and Economic Asymmetries and Risky Sexual Behavior in Urban Kenya,” appears in the March 2005 issue of International Family Planning Perspectives. >p> http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3100605.html

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