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- ItemMetadata onlyCredit constraints and the racial gap in post-secondary education in South Africa(Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2015-05-28) Lam, David; Ardington, Cally; Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray
- ItemMetadata onlyDifferent dimensions of HIV-related stigma may have opposite effects on HIV testing: Evidence among young men and women in South Africa(AIDS and Behaviour, 2015-05-28) Maughan-Brown, Brendan; Nyblade, Laura
- ItemMetadata onlyEstimating the effect of adolescent fertility on educational attainment in Cape Town using a propensity score weighted regression(Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2015-05-28) Ranchhod, Vimal; Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray; Marteleto, Letitia
- ItemMetadata onlyHealth outcomes for children born to teen mothers in Cape Town, South Africa(Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, ) Branson, Nicola; Ardington, Cally; Leibbrandt, Murray
- ItemOpen AccessLearning that circumcision is protective against HIV: Risk compensation among men and women in Cape Town, South Africa(PLoS ONE, 2012-07-19) Maughan-Brown, Brendan; Venkataramani, AtheendarObjectives: We examined whether knowledge of the HIV-protective benefits of male circumcision (MC) led to risk compensating behavior in a traditionally circumcising population in South Africa. We extend the current literature by examining risk compensation among women, which has hitherto been unexplored. Methods: We used data on Xhosa men and women from the 2009 Cape Area Panel Study. Respondents were asked if they had heard that MC reduces a man’s risk of contracting HIV, about their perceived risk of contracting HIV, and condom use. For each gender group we assessed whether risk perception and condom use differed by knowledge of the protective benefits of MC using bivariate and then multivariate models controlling for demographic characteristics, HIV knowledge/beliefs, and previous sexual behaviors. In a further check for confounding, we used data from the 2005 wave to assess whether individuals who would eventually become informed about the protective benefits of circumcision were already different in terms of HIV risk perception and condom use. Results: 34% of men (n = 453) and 27% of women (n = 690) had heard that circumcision reduces a man’s risk of HIV infection. Informed men perceived slightly higher risk of contracting HIV and were more likely to use condoms at last sex (p<0.10). Informed women perceived lower HIV risk (p<0.05), were less likely to use condoms both at last sex (p<0.10) and more generally (p<0.01), and more likely to forego condoms with partners of positive or unknown serostatus (p<0.01). The results were robust to covariate adjustment, excluding people living with HIV, and accounting for risk perceptions and condom use in 2005. Conclusions: We find evidence consistent with risk compensation among women but not men. Further attention should be paid to the role of new information regarding MC, and drivers of HIV risk more broadly, in modulating sexual behavior among women.
- ItemMetadata onlyParental loss and schooling: Evidence from metropolitan Cape Town(Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2015-05-28) Ardington, Cally; Leibbrandt, Murray
- ItemMetadata onlySchooling as a lottery: Racial differences in school advancement in urban South Africa(Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2015-05-28) Lam, David; Ardington, Cally; Leibbrandt, Murray
- ItemMetadata onlyThe impact of AIDS on intergenerational support in South Africa: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study(Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2015-05-28) Ardington, Cally; Case, Anne; Islam, Mahnaz; Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray; Menendez, Alicia; Olgiati, Anna
- ItemMetadata onlyThe influence of older classmates on adolescent sexual behavior in Cape Town, South Africa(Studies in Family Planning, 2015-05-28) Lam, David; Marteleto, Letitia; Ranchhod, Vimal
- ItemMetadata onlyYoung People's Social Networks, Confidants and Issues of Reproductive Health(CSSR and SALDRU, 2015-05-28) Bakilana, Anne; Esau, Faldie
- ItemMetadata onlyYouth unemployment and social protection(2015-05-28) Ardington, Cally; Case, Anne; Menendez, Alicia; Bärnighausen, Till; Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray