title: Adolescents' lifetime experience of selling sex: development over five years.
abstract: Lifetime experience of selling sex among adolescents was investigated together with sociodemographic correlates, parent-child relationship, and the existence of people to confide in. Changes over time regarding the selling of sex were investigated through a comparison of data from 2004 and 2009. This study was carried out using 3,498 adolescents from a representative sample of Swedish high school students with a mean age 18.3 years. Of these adolescents, 1.5% stated that they had given sexual services for reimbursement and both male and female buyers existed. The adolescents who had sold sex had a poorer parent-child relationship during childhood and had fewer people to confide in about problems and worries. Changes over time were found especially regarding the Internet as a contact source and also immigrant background.
authors.affiliation: Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fredlund
authors.forename: Frida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: Carl Göran
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Svedin
authors.forename: Gisela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Priebe
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wadsby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011477:Sex Work / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden / Q000208:ethnology; D013997:Time Factors