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dc.contributor.authorMalacova, Eva
dc.contributor.authorButler, Tony
dc.contributor.authorRichters, J.
dc.contributor.authorYap, L.
dc.contributor.authorGrant, L.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, A.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, A.
dc.contributor.authorDonovan, B.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:37:03Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:37:03Z
dc.date.created2012-02-09T20:00:53Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationMalacova, Eva and Butler, Tony and Richters, Juliet and Yap, Lorraine and Grant, Luke and Richards, Alun and Smith, Anthony M.A. and Donovan, Basil. 2011. Attitudes towards sex: a comparison of prisoners and the general community. Sexual Health. 8 (3): pp. 355-362.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48036
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/SH10113
dc.description.abstract

Background: National population surveys of attitudes towards sexual issues typically exclude prisoners and little is known about their attitudes compared with the community. Methods: Using computer-assisted telephone interviews, we compared a representative sample of 2289 prisoners (men = 1960, women = 329), aged 18–59 years, from two Australian states against a national community sample of 6755 participants (men = 3333, women = 3421).Results: Overall, prisoners were slightly more conservative in their attitudes towards sex than the community. They were more likely than the community to agree with the statement that abortion is wrong (men: adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 3.3,95% confidence interval (CI): 2.8–3.9; women: AOR= 1.7, 95% CI: 1.2–2.4) and that male homosexuality is wrong (men: AOR= 2.6, 95% CI: 2.2–3.1; women: AOR= 1.7, 95% CI: 1.2–2.3); these differences were more pronounced for men than women. The attitudes of prisoners and the community varied with age. Attitudinal differences between prisoners and the community tended to be larger than the differences between women and men (agree that abortion is wrong: prisoners, AOR= 0.5, 95% CI: 0.4–0.7; community, AOR= 0.8, 95% CI: 0.7–0.9; agree that male homosexuality is wrong: prisoners, AOR= 0.4, 95% CI: 0.3–0.5; community, AOR= 0.6, 95% CI: 0.5–0.7). Conclusion: Prisoners have either similar or less accepting attitudes towards sex than the general population. These attitudes contrast with the higher engagement in risk behaviours reported by prisoners.

dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.subjecthomophobia
dc.subjectabortion
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.titleAttitudes towards sex: a comparison of prisoners and the general community
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume8
dcterms.source.startPage355
dcterms.source.endPage362
dcterms.source.issn14485028
dcterms.source.titleSexual Health
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curtin.departmentNational Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
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