title: Partner patterns in the sexual behavior of unmarried, rural Thai men.
abstract: "After a brief discussion of related studies of Thai youths' attitudes toward sexual activity, data from a 1988 national survey of young males (ages 15-24) about their family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices are used to document the age pattern of sexual initiation, the prevalence of youths' encounters with commercial sex workers, the prevalence of their experience with non-commercial partners...and the degree to which the two patterns--commercial and noncommercial--are 'networked' because young men engage in both types of sexual activity.  Finally, background characteristics of male youths that are associated with these patterns of sexual activity are examined."
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D003075:Coitus; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013785:Thailand
keywords: Adolescents; Adolescents, Male; Age Factors; Asia; Attitude; Behavior; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Family Planning; Family Planning Surveys; First Intercourse; Kap Surveys; Population; Population Characteristics; Prostitutes; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Sex Behavior--men; Sexual Partners; Southeastern Asia; Studies; Surveys; Thailand; Youth