Access to HIV Services for Mobile and Migrant Populations in Antigua

Sex for pay (how many of the sexual partners were clients)
A large percentage of the men did not have sex for pay (84.2%) while 9.5% had sex with
one person for pay. 2.1% had sex with 2 persons and 2.1% had sex with 4 persons, in
both cases for pay. 1% had sex with 3 persons and 1% had sex with 5 persons for pay.
Pay includes money or goods.
Table No. 23- How many of them were clients? (Q14). MSM Study. 2012.
Responses Number Percentage
0 25 26.3
1 9 9.5
2 2 2.1
3 1 1.0
4 2 2.1
5 1 1.0
Not applicable 55 57.9
Total 95 99.9
Frequency of sex for pay
Although only 15 men reported in the previous questions that they had sex for money or
goods in the past month, 16 of them responded to the frequency. Of the 16 men, 4.2% did
it daily, 2.1% only on weekends, 3.1% occasionally and 7.3% did it on rare occasions.
The men who had sex for pay did not consider themselves to be sex workers, but rather
considered it as assistance from their sex partner who knew they were unemployed. It is
still noticeable that 16.7% have had sex for pay in the last year. This could put them in a
position of vulnerability, giving the payer the control of the sexual contact and the payer
could then demand sex without condom or some other service that the receiver would not
have done, where he not being paid.
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