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Table 2 What did they give? The prevalence of goods given to partners by men reporting each type of transactional sexual relationship

From: Transactional relationships and sex with a woman in prostitution: prevalence and patterns in a representative sample of South African men

 

Transaction with female main partner

Transaction with khwapheni

Transaction with once-off partner

 

(N = 953)

(N = 678)

(N = 711)

Provided her with food, clothes, cell phone or transportation

66.9% (635)

58.8% (395)

 

Paid her school fees or residence fees

36.7% (349)

36.7% (245)

 

Provided her with somewhere to stay

43.1% (408)

42.1% (281)

72.6% (513)

Gave her cosmetics or money for beauty products

72.3% (683)

71.5% (476)

 

Gave items for her children or family

41.9% (395)

38.2% (255)

 

Gave her cash or money to pay her bills

49.2% (466)

48.5% (320)

45.0% (317)

Provided her anything else that she could not afford by herself

58.3% (553)

56.8% (374)

53.1% (372)

Did handyman work for her or fixed her car

26.3% (247)

28.4% (187)

29.7% (207)

Food, clothes or cosmetics

Not asked

Not asked

55.9% (393)

Lift, ticket or money for transport

Not asked

Not asked

63.2% (448)