Access to HIV Services for Mobile and Migrant Populations in Antigua

From the survey, 70.5% of the respondents do have family living here in Antigua and
65.2% came because of that fact while another 20.0% came because they had friends
living here. 7.3% came as a result of a job offer and 6.3% came alone. The majority
(83.1%) of the respondents had friends who they socialized with and 24% utilized church
as a part of their social circle. This indicates the importance of their peers and the
potential for developing FBOs as a support mechanism. As it relates to their employment,
the largest percentage of the employed work as security officers (16.8%), while the
highest percentage of the guys are unemployed (27.3%). The respondents spent social
time at their homes and homes of friends, in Gunthropes, Abracadabra Bar and at Jolly
harbor.
Condom Use
While the vast majority (72.6%), of the respondents report condom use for all their sexual
encounters, 20% said that they only use condoms sometimes. This is somewhat
disturbing because 67.3% said they had casual sex in the past year, 16.7% reported to
have engaged in sex for pay in the last year and 15.7% have other partners while 44.2%
of the respondents did not know if their partner had other sexual partners. This could put
them in a position of vulnerability.
Figure 12- Condom sources
Clinic /PP
3H /partner /friends
AIDS Secretariat
Hospital
CHAA
Pharmacy /Supermarket
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