What is Survival sex?
People who are very [[poor]] and who cannot even cover their [[basic needs]], such as getting a [[shelter|place where they live]], or [[food]], sometimes trade [[sexual intercourse]] to cover these needs.<ref>{{cite book|last=Flowers|first=R. Barri|title=Street kids: the lives of runaway and thrownaway teens|url=https://archive.org/details/streetkidslivesr00flow_164|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4137-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/streetkidslivesr00flow_164/page/n118 110]–112}}</ref> This practice is called '''survival sex'''. The term is used by [[Sex industry|sex trade]], [[poverty]] researchers, and [[Humanitarian aid|aid workers]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hope Ditmore|first=Melissa|title=Prostitution and Sex Work (Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America)|year=2010|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-0-313-36289-7|pages=4|url=https://www.amazon.com/Prostitution-Historical-Controversial-America-ebook/dp/B004H0O9R4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kelly|first=Sanja, Julia Breslin|title=Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Progress Amid Resistance (Freedom in the World)|url=https://archive.org/details/womensrightsmidd00kell|year=2010|publisher=Freedom House / Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-0396-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/womensrightsmidd00kell/page/556 556]}}</ref> Very often, people who engage in survival sex are [[homeless]]. Sometimes, survival sex is used to get [[illegal drugs]]. Survival sex is common throughout the world. It has been studied in many countries including the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], the [[Philippines]], [[Thailand]], [[New Zealand]], [[Colombia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], and [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite journal | title=Research on AIDS: knowledge, attitudes and practices among street youth | last=Barker | first=G. | journal=Children Worldwide: International Catholic Child Bureau | year=1993 | volume=20 | issue=2–3 | pages=41–42 | pmid=12179310}}</ref> Researchers estimate that of homeless youth in [[North Ame