| Journal: | Journal of applied economics |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000399289 |
| ISSN: | 1667-6726 |
| Authors: | Torre, Adela de la1 Havenner, Arthur1 Adams, Katherine1 Ng, Justin1 |
| Institutions: | 1University of California, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, Los Angeles, California. Estados Unidos de América |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Season: | May |
| Volumen: | 13 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 67-90 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Aplicado |
| English abstract | This paper examines economic, sociocultural, and behavioral risk factors that influence the compensating price difference (premium paid) between sex with and without a condom for female sex workers (FSWs) in U.S.-Mexico border cities. Field data collected in Ciudad Juarez on the price of sex with and without a condom for the same FSW respondent allowed calculation of the price premium for unprotected sex based on these paired prices, holding unobservable characteristics constant. A Tobit model was used to identify the factors determining the price premium. Key predictors of a larger price premium for sex without a condom included: length of time as a FSW; number of male clients; and participation in HIV education. Key predictors of a decrease in the price premium for unprotected sex included: age; a bad financial situation; frequent alcohol consumption before or during sex; and frequent drug use before or during sex |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Economía, Sociología |
| Keyword: | Salud pública, Ginecología y obstetricia, Econometría, Condiciones económicas, Prostitución, Trabajo sexual, Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH), Salud pública, Prostitución femenina, Problemas sociales |
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