The Determinants of HIV Infection and Related Sexual Behaviors : Evidence from Lesotho

This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors using the 2004 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey. The authors find that in Lesotho education appears to have a protective effect: it is negatively...

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Main Authors:	Corno, Lucia, de Walque, Damien
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSTINENCE ADOLESCENCE ADULTHOOD AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE GROUPS AGED AIDS EPIDEMIC ANTE-NATAL CARE CHILDBEARING CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMUNITY HEALTH CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVES CULTURAL STATUS OF WOMEN DEATH RATES DISEASE DISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMS DIVORCE DRUG USERS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY MARRIAGE EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTIVE POLICIES EPIDEMIC EXCESS MORTALITY EXTRAMARITAL SEX FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALES FIRST INTERCOURSE FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH WORKERS HETEROSEXUAL CONTACT HIGH RISK GROUPS HIGH-RISK PEOPLE HIV HIV INFECTION HIV POSITIVE HIV POSITIVE PEOPLE HIV PREVENTION HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE HUSBANDS IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPACT OF EDUCATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFECTION RATE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INTERCOURSE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LIFE EXPECTANCY MALE CIRCUMCISION MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MEDICAL RESEARCH MIGRANT MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MULTIPLE PARTNERS MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS OLDER MEN ORPHAN ORPHANS PANDEMIC POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLYGAMY POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE PREVALENCE RATE PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PREVENTIVE BEHAVIORS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROSTITUTION PUBLIC SERVICES REFUGEES REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS RISK OF EXPOSURE RISK OF INFECTION RISKY BEHAVIOR RISKY BEHAVIORS RURAL AREAS SAFE SEX SAFER SEX SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX INDUSTRY SEX WITH MEN SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL BEHAVIORS SEXUAL INITIATION SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL RELATIONS SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUALLY ACTIVE SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL WELFARE SPOUSE SPOUSES SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUGAR DADDIES SURGERY SURVEILLANCE DATA SYMPTOMS TEENAGE GIRLS TEENAGE YEARS TEENAGERS THERAPIES TREATMENT UNAIDS UNIONS UNPROTECTED SEX URBAN AREAS USE OF CONDOMS VIRAL LOAD VIRGIN VIRGINITY VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WOMAN WORKFORCE YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8821884/determinants-hiv-infection-related-sexual-behaviors-evidence-lesotho http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7638

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7638

The Determinants of HIV Infection and Related Sexual Behaviors : Evidence from Lesotho

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