M is for MUTUAL, A is for ACTS
Table: The reported condom use of male sex workers in Canadian studies: 1984-1998
STUDY
YEAR
CITY/
AREA
POPULATION
SEXUAL
ACTIVITY
CONDOM
USE
PARTNER
TYPE
Badgley
1984
Canada
younger male sex workers
oral sex
18% always
anal sex
19% always
Sasfaçon
1985
Canada
male sex workers
30-40% (unspecified)
Rekart and Manzon
1989
Vancouver
street-involved people
88% always
male sex workers
100% always
Rekart
et al.
1989
Vancouver
street-involved sex workers
85% always
clients
26% always
partners
Millson
et al.
1991
Toronto
IDU/male sex workers
61% always
male clients
34% always
female clients
Millson
et al.
1991-92
Toronto
IDU/male sex workers
anal sex
40% always
male clients
1992-93
67% always
1993-94
77% always
1991-92
vaginal sex
50% always
female clients
1992-93
50% always
1993-94
50% always
DeMatteo
et al.
1993
Toronto
HIV+ male sex workers
anal sex
100% always
clients
Lamothe
et al.
1993
Montreal
IDU/male sex workers
51% occasionally or more
clients
35% occasionally or more
occasional partners
10% occasionally or more
regular partners
Read
et al.
1993
Toronto
street-involved youth
54% always
male clients
68% always
female clients
Baskerville
et al.
1994
Eastern
Canada
IDU/male sex workers
anal sex
72% always
clients
MacDonald
et al.
1994
Canada
street-involved younger male sex workers
55% always
Romanowski
et al.
1994
Alberta
traded sex for money
64% always
traded sex for drugs
55% always
male sex workers
61% always
Shaver and Newmeyer
1996
Montreal
male sex workers
oral sex
55% always
anal sex
90% always
vaginal sex
75% always
oral sex
71% mostly or always
clients
anal sex
92% mostly or always
clients
oral sex
45% mostly or always
partners
anal sex
71% mostly or always
partners
CRD
1997
Victoria
younger male sex workers
73% always
clients
Parent
et al.
1997
Ottawa/
Quebec
IDU/male sex workers
36% always
clients
27% always
regular partners
25% always
casual partners
Village Clinic
1997
Winnipeg
male sex workers
35% always
clients and partners
50% always
clients
55% always
partners
Calzavara
et al.
1998
Ontario
prison inmates who had sold sex
anal sex
100% always
Dufour
et al.
1998
Montreal
male sex workers
anal sex
96% always
clients
Vanguard *
1998
Vancouver
younger male sex workers
anal sex
91% always
clients
* (cited in Dufour et al., 1998)
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