Access to HIV Services for Mobile and Migrant Populations in Antigua

Partner History
Partners in Antigua
More than a third of the sex workers are in relationships but it was unclear if their
partners knew what line of work they were involved in. The fact that 25% of the ladies
had multiple partners indicates that they could be exposing themselves to HIV infection if
they had unprotected sex with clients and also with other partners. 34.2% of the girls had
no partner in Antigua, while 4.3% had a female partner.
Table 67- Showing the partners the respondents had in Antigua. (Q10). CSW Study.
2012.
Responses Number Percentage
Boyfriend 41 35.9
Girlfriend 5 4.3
More than one 29 25.4
None 39 34.2
Total 114 99.8
Number of sexual partners
The majority of workers had between six and ten partners in the past month (34.2%).
Some of the ladies stated in the interviews that had multiple encounters with the same
partner but only listed the amount of partners they had, not the amount of times they had
sex with any one partner. 31.5% had 5 or less partners while 14.9% had between 11 and
15 partners. 9.6% had between 16 and 20 partners monthly and the numbers varied with
only 1.7% admitting to having over 40 partners in the past month. 1.7% also was unsure
and did not want to estimate.
Table 68- Shows the amount of sexual partners in the past month. (Q12). CSW
Study. 2012.
Responses Number Percentage
0 – 5 36 31.5
6 – 10 39 34.2
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