Determinants of extramarital sex in the Philippines
Ahlburg, D.A.; Jensen, E.R.; Perez, A.E.
Health Transition Review the Cultural Social and Behavioural Determinants of Health 7 Suppl: 467-479
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 1036-4005 PMID: 10169659 Document Number: 268477
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.