Document 0918
 DOCN  M94A0918
 TI    Social backgrounds and sexual behaviors of foreign female sex workers in
       Japan.
 DT    9412
 AU    Kihara M; Kihara M; Nakahara T; Uchino H; Imai M; Soda K; Dept. of
       Public Health, Yokohama City Univ. School of Med.,; Japan.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):250 (abstract no. PC0362). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371657
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the social background of Thailander female sex
       workers before coming to Japan and their sexual behaviors. METHODS: 169
       female Thailanders held in custody in charge of overstay etc. between
       Jan., '90-Aug., '91 in a district of Tokyo metropolitan area were
       interviewed regarding their social background before coming to Japan and
       their possible involvement in sex work and sexual practice during their
       stay in Japan. In a separate study > 500 female Thailanders attended to
       STD clinics were asked for the regions in Thailand where they came from.
       RESULTS: Our results demonstrated that 50% of them were below 25
       years-old, that 69% had school education up to junior high school, that
       78.1% were unmarried or divorced, that 40% were from northern-eastern
       districts of Thailand and that only 9.5% experienced apparent or
       potential sex work in their own country. Of interviewed 154 reported
       their involvement in sex work in Japan with average stay period of about
       9.5 months and the number of clients approximately 19 per month. It was
       shown that sex work was practiced frequently without using condom and
       geographically majority of them worked in the districts surrounding
       Tokyo rather than in Tokyo. DISCUSSION & CONCLUSIONS: The present
       results seemed informative in the context of HIV epidemiology in Japan
       and highlighted the importance of targeting and supporting female
       Thailanders engaged in sex work in the HIV prevention strategies in
       Japan.
 DE    Adult  Age Factors  Educational Status  Emigration and Immigration
       Female  Human  Japan  Marriage  *Prostitution  *Sex Behavior
       Thailand/ETHNOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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