Malacova Eva, Butler Tony, Richters Juliet, Yap Lorraine, Grant Luke, Richards Alun, Smith Anthony M A, Donovan Basil
National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6008, Australia.
Sex Health. 2011 Sep;8(3):355-62. doi: 10.1071/SH10113.
National population surveys of attitudes towards sexual issues typically exclude prisoners and little is known about their attitudes compared with the community.
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).
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).
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.
全国性的关于性问题态度的人口调查通常将囚犯排除在外，与普通人群相比，他们的态度鲜为人知。
通过计算机辅助电话访谈，我们将来自澳大利亚两个州的2289名年龄在18 - 59岁的囚犯（男性1960名，女性329名）的代表性样本与6755名参与者（男性3333名，女性3421名）的全国性社区样本进行了比较。
总体而言，囚犯在性态度上比普通人群略显保守。他们比普通人群更有可能认同堕胎是错误的这一说法（男性：调整后的优势比（AOR）=3.3，95%置信区间（CI）：2.8 - 3.9；女性：AOR = 1.7，95% CI：1.2 - 2.4）以及男性同性恋是错误的这一说法（男性：AOR = 2.6，95% CI：2.2 - 3.1；女性：AOR = 1.7，95% CI：1.2 - 2.3）；这些差异在男性中比女性中更为明显。囚犯和普通人群的态度随年龄而变化。囚犯与普通人群之间的态度差异往往大于男性与女性之间的差异（认同堕胎是错误的：囚犯，AOR = 0.5，95% CI：0.4 - 0.7；普通人群，AOR = 0.8，95% CI：0.7 - 0.9；认同男性同性恋是错误的：囚犯，AOR = 0.4，95% CI：0.3 - 0.5；普通人群，AOR = 0.6，95% CI：0.5 - 0.7）。
囚犯对性的态度与普通人群相似或更不包容。这些态度与囚犯报告的更高的风险行为参与度形成对比。
