Global sex survey shows South Africans careless of AIDS

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2004

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) — A global online sex survey showed almost 60 percent of South Africans engaged in unprotected sex despite the fact that the country has one of the highest AIDS rates in the world.

The results of the 2004 Durex global sex survey concluded that South Africans were amongst those most likely to have unsafe sex without checking their partner's sexual history.

"According to the survey, 58 percent of South Africans have had unprotected sex without knowing their partner's sexual history, which means that South Africans are taking serious risks," said a statement released by Durex South Africa.

The figure is much higher than the worldwide average of 35 percent of people who admitted to having had unprotected sex.

But South Africans did...