Table 1.
Sexual activity reported by male prisoners in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia
| Characteristic | Condoms available to prisoners |
No condoms available to prisoners |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales (n=1118) | Queensland (n=900) | ||
| Ever had sexual contact in prison with inmate*,† | |||
| Yes (%) | 65 (5.8) | 79 (8.8) | 0.01 |
| No (%) | 1045 (93.5) | 820 (91.1) | |
| Refused to answer (%) | 1 (0.1) | – | |
| No sexual experience at all (in prison or the community) (%) | 7 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | |
| Sexual partners in prison (if had sex in prison) | |||
| Median number (range) | 2 (1–50) | 2 (1–2500) | 0.9 |
| Sexually coerced in prison†,‡ | |||
| Yes (%) | 27 (2.4) | 26 (2.9) | 0.5 |
| No (%) | 1084 (97.0) | 873 (97.0) | |
| Missing (%) | 7 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | |
| Ever threatened with sexual assault in prison† | |||
| Yes (%) | 64 (5.7) | 75 (8.3) | 0.05 |
| No (%) | 1053 (94.2) | 823 (91.4) | |
| Not sure (%) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | |
| Ever had anal sex in prison† | |||
| Yes (%) | 37 (3.3) | 32 (3.6) | 0.8 |
| No (%) | 1081 (96.7) | 868 (96.4) | |
| Ever used condom for anal sex with another prison inmate (if had sex in prison) | |||
| Yes (%) | 21 (56.8) | 1 (3.1) | <0.0001 |
| No (%) | 7 (18.9) | 25 (78.1) | |
| Missing (%) | 9 (24.3) | 6 (18.8) | |
| Consented to first sexual contact in prison (if had sex in prison) | |||
| Yes (%) | 54 (83.1) | 70 (88.6) | 0.5 |
| No (%) | 10 (15.4) | 7 (8.9) | |
| Equivocal (%) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (2.5) | |
*Sexual contact refers to any sexual contact including intercourse, kissing and touching.
†Denominator is all prisoners surveyed (ie, 1118 men in New South Wales and 900 men in Queensland).
‡Forced or frightened into doing something sexually that you did not want to do.