Transactional Sex With Sugar Daddies Among Female Preparatory Students Hiv Risk Assessment In Hawassa Town Snnpr Ethiopia

Transactional sex among female students with old men is one of the major factors that fuel thernspread of HIV and AIDS due to extended sexual network. In Ethiopia, though various studiesrnhad been conducted to assess the sexual behavior of female students, there is still a paucity ofrnresearches that address transactional sex among young females with older men.rnThe main aim of the study was to assess the magnitude and factors associate transactional sexrnwith “sugar daddies” in relation with HIV/AIDS. A cross-sectional study using mixed methodrnwas conducted among 620 female students in Hawassa town, SNNPR, Ethiopia from Septemberrn2010 to May 2011. Students were selected randomly from 5 preparatory schools and a snow-ballrnsampling technique was used to interview 10 female students involved in transactional sex withrn“sugar daddies” for the qualitative study.rnThe findings of this study indicated that about a fifth, 130 (21%) of female preparatory studentsrnwere sexually active and 71 (11.5%) have been involved in sexual relation with “sugar daddies”.rnGaining financial benefit was the commonest reason for the relation with older men asrnmentioned by 56 (78.9%) girls. Among those who reported to have been engaged in sexualrnrelation with “sugar daddies”, 56 (78.9%) girls had sexual partner other than of older menrnconcurrently and most of them were with young employees, 31 (43.7%) followed by students, 17rn(23.9%). Sixty six (93%) of respondents who date “sugar daddies” had multiple sexual partnersrnsequentially and of them only 22.7% used condom consistently. Girls who were in older agerngroup [AOR (95% CI) = 6.87 (3.48-13.58)], who had lost both parents [AOR (95% CI) =2.99rn(1.14-7.84)], with less economic status [AOR (95% CI) 25.41 (7.80-82.76)], who chewed Khatrn[AOR (95% CI) = 5.8 (2.1-15.77)] and consumed alcohol [AOR (95% CI) =6.9 (3.7-12.78)]rnwere more likely to had sexual relation with “sugar daddies” than their counterparts.rnThis study indicated that, female students in Hawassa Town were not only engaged inrntransactional sex with older men but also having concurrent or serial sexual partnership withrnyoung people too. This sexual network suggests that, other girls/boys who are not inrntransactional sex are also vulnerable to HIV. Therefore, HIV prevention programs should focusrnin transactional sex among female students to halt the transmission of HIV among generation.

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