Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries

Data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population are used to analyze the socioeconomic correlates of HIV infection and associated sexual behavior. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, some important find...

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Main Author:	de Walque, Damien
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	abstinence adult population aids epidemic antenatal care condom condom use epidemic female genital mutilation HIV HIV infection marital status polygamy pregnant women prevention efforts risk factors sexual behavior sexual behaviors spouses urban population
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4501

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spelling	okr-10986-45012021-04-23T14:02:18Z Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries de Walque, Damien abstinence adult population aids epidemic antenatal care condom condom use epidemic female genital mutilation HIV HIV infection marital status polygamy pregnant women prevention efforts risk factors sexual behavior sexual behaviors spouses urban population Data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population are used to analyze the socioeconomic correlates of HIV infection and associated sexual behavior. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, some important findings can be generalized. First, successive marriages are a significant risk factor. Second, contrary to prima facie evidence, education is not positively associated with HIV status. However, schooling is one of the most consistent predictors of behavior and knowledge: education level predicts protective behaviors such as condom use, use of counseling and testing, discussion of AIDS between spouses, and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, but it also predicts a higher level of infidelity and a lower level of abstinence. 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2009-06-30 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4501 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Burkina Faso
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spellingShingle	abstinence adult population aids epidemic antenatal care condom condom use epidemic female genital mutilation HIV HIV infection marital status polygamy pregnant women prevention efforts risk factors sexual behavior sexual behaviors spouses urban population de Walque, Damien Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries
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description	Data from the first five Demographic and Health Surveys to include HIV testing for a representative sample of the adult population are used to analyze the socioeconomic correlates of HIV infection and associated sexual behavior. Emerging from a wealth of country relevant results, some important findings can be generalized. First, successive marriages are a significant risk factor. Second, contrary to prima facie evidence, education is not positively associated with HIV status. However, schooling is one of the most consistent predictors of behavior and knowledge: education level predicts protective behaviors such as condom use, use of counseling and testing, discussion of AIDS between spouses, and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, but it also predicts a higher level of infidelity and a lower level of abstinence.
format	Journal Article
author	de Walque, Damien
author_facet	de Walque, Damien
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title	Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries
title_short	Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries
title_full	Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries
title_fullStr	Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries
title_sort	does education affect hiv status? evidence from five african countries
publisher	World Bank
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Does Education Affect HIV Status? Evidence from five African Countries

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