Document 1258
 DOCN  M9591258
 TI    Predictors of unprotected male-to-male anal intercourse with casual
       partners in a national sample.
 DT    9509
 AU    Kippax S; Crawford J; Rodden P; Noble J; National Centre in HIV Social
       Research, Macquarie University,; Sydney.
 SO    Aust J Public Health. 1995 Apr;19(2):132-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95306533
 AB    The focus of the paper is the predictors of unprotected anal intercourse
       with casual partners among a national Australian sample of homosexually
       active men. We interviewed by telephone 2583 homosexually active men
       (sex with a man within the last five years) about their sexual practice,
       type of sexual partners, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test status,
       attachment to the gay community, knowledge of HIV and acquired immune
       deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and a range of demographic variables.
       Logistic regression analyses were used to distinguish men who practised
       unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners from those who
       practised safe sex with casual partners. Men who practised unprotected
       anal intercourse with casual partners were less likely to have a regular
       male sexual partner than men who practised safe sex with their casual
       partners. They were less likely to be tertiary educated, more likely to
       be employed in trade and manual occupations and to live in Tasmania and
       the Northern Territory. They were less likely to be culturally or
       politically attached to the gay community. Knowledge of HIV/AIDS also
       distinguished the men: men with an accurate knowledge of HIV
       transmission were less likely to engage in unprotected anal intercourse
       with their casual partners. Several other variables, including age and
       HIV test status, did not distinguish those who practised safe sex with
       casual partners from those who practised unprotected anal intercourse
       with casual partners.
 DE    Australia  Condoms  *Homosexuality, Male  Human  Male  *Sex Behavior
       Socioeconomic Factors  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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