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Male sex workers serving Hong Kong male clients in Shenzhen were surveyed (n = 199); 98.9% had been in Shenzhen for ≤3 years; 83.4% served local male clients; 82.8% had no family members/relatives in Shenzhen; 58.3% depended exclusively on sex work; 73% were bothered by one’s sex work; and 81.7% found financial support unavailable when needed. About 29.1% had had unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with Hong Kong male clients in the last month. UAI behavior was associated with exposure to HIV prevention services (OR = 0.08) and poor social support, being bothered by the sex work, substance use, and type of sex work venue (OR = 2.92–5.96).
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The authors would like to thank all respondents for their participation in the study. Thanks are extended to fieldworkers and volunteers who had helped in the data collection of the project. The study was supported by the Hong Kong Council for the AIDS Trust Fund (SPF#020).
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Lau, J.T.F., Cai, WD., Tsui, H.Y. et al. Psychosocial Factors in Association with Condom Use During Commercial Sex Among Migrant Male Sex Workers Living in Shenzhen, Mainland China Who Serve Cross-Border Hong Kong Male Clients. AIDS Behav 13, 939–948 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9591-5
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