Abstract
As the labor market goes global, immigrant workers are becoming important around the world. However, little research has focused
on the characteristics of their sex behaviors. This study examines foreign employees in Korea in order to investigate their
understanding of HIV and sexual risk behaviors. The sample (N = 547) was formed from migrant workers in the industrial complex in Ansan district, which depends highly on foreigners as
its labor source. Logistic regression, analysis revealed that 36.0% of the respondents were engaged in more than one sexual
risk behavior. Those who knew someone infected with HIV (OR = 2.583) and Thai respondents (OR = 3.007) showed high sexual
risk behaviors, while married (OR = 0.182) and Korean Chinese (OR = 0.280) workers showed low sexual risk behaviors. Those
who had a wealth of knowledge about HIV took a less discriminatory position against the person who had infected them, but
this had no statistical effects over the sexual risk behaviors.
on the characteristics of their sex behaviors. This study examines foreign employees in Korea in order to investigate their
understanding of HIV and sexual risk behaviors. The sample (N = 547) was formed from migrant workers in the industrial complex in Ansan district, which depends highly on foreigners as
its labor source. Logistic regression, analysis revealed that 36.0% of the respondents were engaged in more than one sexual
risk behavior. Those who knew someone infected with HIV (OR = 2.583) and Thai respondents (OR = 3.007) showed high sexual
risk behaviors, while married (OR = 0.182) and Korean Chinese (OR = 0.280) workers showed low sexual risk behaviors. Those
who had a wealth of knowledge about HIV took a less discriminatory position against the person who had infected them, but
this had no statistical effects over the sexual risk behaviors.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-10
- DOI 10.1007/s11195-011-9245-1
- Authors
- Minsoo Jung, Health Science Research Institute, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Journal Sexuality and Disability
- Online ISSN 1573-6717
- Print ISSN 0146-1044