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  • Title: Determinants of extramarital sex in the Philippines.
    Author: Ahlburg DA, Jensen ER, Perez AE.
    Journal: Health Transit Rev; 1997; 7 Suppl():467-79. PubMed ID: 10169659.
    Abstract:
    Understanding the factors associated with sexual behaviour is critical in slowing the spread of HIV in the Philippines, where sexual transmission accounts for most HIV infections, with the majority from heterosexual activity. Further, unprotected sex is common, as is sex with prostitutes. These factors increase the risks associated with extramarital sex. From an analysis of a nationally representative sample of women, we found that a number of factors were related to women's reports of their husbands' sexual activity outside their current relationship: women report that partners who are more educated, have been in the current relationship longer, and who had sex before marriage are more likely to be engaging in sex outside the marriage. Further, men who are older, who are farmers, who live at home, and who have more educated wives, were believed to be less likely to be having extramarital sex. As of 1994, an estimated 15,000-50,000 people were infected with HIV in the Philippines. 95% of all known infections in the country were transmitted sexually, with 70% due to heterosexual intercourse. People commonly have unprotected sex and sex with prostitutes in the Philippines. Data on a nationally representative sample of women from the 1993 Philippines National Demographic Survey and the 1994 Philippines National Safe Motherhood Survey were analyzed to identify the factors associated with extramarital sexual behavior in the country. Women reported that husbands who are relatively more educated, have been in the current relationship longer, and who had sex before marriage are more likely to be having sex with someone other than their wives. Older men, farmers, men who live at home, and those with more educated wives were thought less likely to be having extramarital sex.
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