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Title: Correlates of Engaging in Survival Sex Among Homeless Youth and Young Adults.
Author : The Journal of Sex Research
Release Date : January 01, 2011
Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
Pages : * pages
Size : 272 KB

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With few legitimate ways of supporting themselves on the streets, many homeless youth and young adults end up engaging in survival sex or are coerced into sex work by pimps as a last resort for survival on the streets (Family and Youth Services Bureau, 1995; Haley, Roy, Leclerc, Boudreau, & Boivin, 2004; Silbert & Pines, 1981; Tyler, Hoyt, Whitbeck, & Cauce, 2001b; Weisberg, 1985). Although there is evidence that various risk and resiliency factors influence the survival strategies available to and chosen by homeless youth and young adults (Hagan & McCarthy, 1997; Tyler, Whitbeck, Hoyt, & Cauce, 2004; Whitbeck, Chen, Hoyt, Tyler, & Johnson, 2004; Whitbeck, Hoyt, Yoder, Cauce, & Paradise, 2001), simply being on the streets is associated with a significant increase in the likelihood of being offered money, drugs, shelter, or food for sex (Edwards, Iritani, & Hallfors, 2006; Janus, McCormack, Burgess, & Hartman, 1987; Tyler et al., 2001b). In this article, we examine correlates of engaging in survival sex in a sample of homeless youth and young adults from 28 different states in the United States and the District of Columbia (DC). The last multicity, large sample, published study that examined the predictors of survival sex with this population was based on youth samples from 1992 (Greene, Ennett, & Ringwalt, 1999). As such, this article revisits the topic to determine if the patterns discerned from the sample of approximately 15 years ago still persist today or if the predictors of survival sex among homeless youth and young adults have changed. Although many of the variables that we examine mirror the correlates included in models by Greene et al., we also examine additional variables that were not incorporated in their study, including sexual orientation, additional illicit substances, HIV and hepatitis C testing, and having a transgender identity and, by doing so, expand the existing scholarship.