Consuming sex: the association between modern goods, lifestyles and sexual behaviour among youth in Madagascar

Table 4 Association between consumption and sexual behaviour for young men and women (ages 15–24), Antananarivo and Antsiranana, Madagascar, 2009

	% Reporting two or more sexual partners in last 12 months						% Ever exchanged sex in order to receive gifts/money
	Men			Women			Women
	Yes		No	Yes		No	Yes		No
	30.7		60.9	7.3		92.7	5.9		94.1
	(n = 154)		(n = 347)	(n = 33)		(n = 421)	(n = 30)		(n = 477)
perceptions concerning fashion
I am fashionable:
Rarely/Never	79.2		85.3	51.5		75.8	53.3		75.3
Sometimes	12.3	⁺	7.8	30.3	***	13.1	23.3	⁺	14.1
For Parties/Often/Always	8.4		6.9	18.2	⁺	11.2	23.3	**	10.7
Fashion is important:
Not at all	37.1		45.0	27.3		48.7	33.3		49.1
Somewhat	48.7		47.6	60.6	**	41.8	56.7	⁺	41.5
Important/Very Important	14.3	**	7.5	12.1		9.5	10.0		9.4
Cell phone use yesterday	34.4	**	23.3	48.5	***	22.8	36.7	⁺	21.6
Drank alcohol in last 4 weeks	50.0	***	35.7	21.2	***	5.5	10.0		6.5
Fashionable items obtained in last six months:
0	19.5		29.4	24.3		29.5	40.0		29.2
1 to 3 items	39.6		40.6	24.3		41.1	20.0	**	40.9
More than 4 items	40.9	***	30.0	51.5		29.5	40.0		30.0
In the last six months:
Used the internet	22.7	**	13.8	27.3	***	6.7	13.3		7.6
Went to a nightclub	28.6	***	12.4	30.3	***	4.3	23.3	***	4.6
Got to know a foreigner	1.3		0.3	24.3	***	1.9	20.0	***	2.1

*Indicates statistical significance for those categories or variables that predict sexual behaviour outcomes in bivariate logistic regression models.
⁺p < .1 **p < .05 ***p < .01.

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