HIV infection does not disproportionately affect the poorer in sub-Saharan Africa

Mishra, Vinod; Bignami, Simona; Greener, Robert; Vaessen, Martin; Hong, Rathavuth; Ghys, Peter D.; Boerma, J. Ties; Assche, Ari Van; Khan, Shane; Rutstein, Shea

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“…Our work is most closely related to De Walque (2006), Mishra et al (2007) and Fortson (2008). The analyses of de Walque (2006) and Fortson (2008) cover the same set of five countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania;and Mishra et al, (2007) also study these five countries but add other three countries---Lesotho, Malawi and Uganda.…”

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The Socio‐Economic Determinants of HIV/AIDS Infection Rates in Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

Asiedu

Owusu

2012

Development Policy Review

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This paper uses data from the Demographic and Health Survey to analyze the relationship between HIV status and the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of adults in Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. We construct the HIV/AIDS risk profile of the average adult, compute the values of age, education and wealth where the estimated probability of infection assumes its highest value, and we determine the percentage of adults for which age, education and wealth are positively correlated with the probability of infection. We find that in all the four countries: (i) the probability of being HIV positive is higher for women than for men; (ii) the likelihood of infection is higher for urban residents than for rural residents; and (iii) there is an inverted-U relationship between age and HIV status. We also find that unlike gender, rural/urban residence and age, the relationship between the probability of HIV infection and wealth, education and marital status varies by country. Our results provide support for country specific and more targeted HIV policies and programs. probability of infection assumes its highest value, and we determine the percentage of adults for which age, education and wealth are positively correlated with the probability of infection. We find that in all the four countries: (i) the probability of being HIV positive is higher for women than for men; (ii) the likelihood of infection is higher for urban residents than for rural residents;and (iii) there is an inverted-U relationship between age and HIV status. We also find that unlike gender, rural/urban residence and age, the relationship between the probability of HIV infection and wealth, education and marital status varies by country. Our results provide support for country specific and more targeted HIV policies and programs.

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The Socio‐Economic Determinants of HIV/AIDS Infection Rates in Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

Asiedu

Owusu

2012

Development Policy Review

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“…Some in this debate (e.g., Fenton 2004) argue that poverty reduction is an important component in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Others emphasize that there is a positive gradient in the relationship between wealth and HIV prevalence, both within countries (Mishra et al 2007) and across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Parkhurst 2010). …”

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Economic booms and risky sexual behavior: Evidence from Zambian copper mining cities

Wilson

2012

Journal of Health Economics

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Existing studies suggest that individual and household level economic shocks affect the demand for and supply of risky sex. However, little evidence exists on the effects of an aggregate shock on equilibrium risky sexual behavior. This paper examines the effects of the early twenty-first century copper boom on risky sexual behavior in Zambian copper mining cities. The results indicate that the copper boom substantially reduced rates of transactional sex and multiple partnerships in copper mining cities. These effects were partly concentrated among young adults and copper boom induced in-migration to mining cities appears to have contributed to these reductions.JEL classification: I18, J10, O12, O40

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“…While orphans generally do worse than non-orphans (Beegle et al 2006;Mishra et al 2007), especially if their parents had HIV/AIDS ), this is not always the case. For example, Kadilyala et al (2009) report lower levels of stunting among double orphans than non-orphans.…”

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Outcomes of Orphanhood in Ethiopia: A Mixed Methods Study

Camfield

2010

Soc Indic Res

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The paper addresses the question of whether parental death always has a strongly negative effect on children's outcomes using quantitative and qualitative data from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia. It investigates the validity of potential mediating factors identified by other studies in Sub-Saharan Africa using data from the whole sample (n = 973) and explores these processes in-depth through the experiences of three orphans in one community in Addis Ababa. The paper concludes that the outcomes of orphans and non-orphans in poor communities are not significantly different, supporting the need to address vulnerability at a societal level. Nonetheless, specific groups, for example, older female children who have lost their mothers, may face particular risks that should be addressed with targeted interventions.

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HIV infection does not disproportionately affect the poorer in sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract: In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV prevalence does not exhibit the same pattern of association with poverty as most other diseases. HIV programmes should also focus on the wealthier segments of the population.

Cited by 191 publications

References 29 publications

The Socio‐Economic Determinants of HIV/AIDS Infection Rates in Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

The Socio‐Economic Determinants of HIV/AIDS Infection Rates in Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

Economic booms and risky sexual behavior: Evidence from Zambian copper mining cities

Outcomes of Orphanhood in Ethiopia: A Mixed Methods Study

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