Poverty, Sex and HIV
| dc.contributor.author | Nattrass, Nicoli | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-25T20:27:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-25T20:27:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-25T12:32:03Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | There is an ongoing debate about the relative importance of economic factors (notably poverty) and sexual behavior in driving the AIDS epidemic. This paper draws on relevant research and cross-country regression analysis to argue that the impact of economic determinants is dwarfed by contextual factors within Africa. The regression analysis suggests that controlling for per capita income, calories per capita and the ratio of female to male participation rates (none of which were statistically significant): being a Southern African country increases expected HIV prevalence 8.3 times; being in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 times; being a predominantly Protestant country 2.5 times; and being a predominantly Muslim country reduces expected HIV prevalence to 62% of the base case. Including the share of income going to the poor did not improve the model and was itself statistically insignificant. The analysis suggests that poverty may play a role in the HIV epidemic in some countries (and may well be a factor affecting the vulnerability of some people to HIV infection in all countries) but that its overall impact is dwarfed by social and behavioral factors. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9563-9 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Nattrass, N. (2009). Poverty, Sex and HIV. <i>AIDS and Behavior</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19871 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Nattrass, Nicoli "Poverty, Sex and HIV." <i>AIDS and Behavior</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19871 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nattrass, N. (2009). Poverty, sex and HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 13(5), 833-840. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1090-7165 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Nattrass, Nicoli AB - There is an ongoing debate about the relative importance of economic factors (notably poverty) and sexual behavior in driving the AIDS epidemic. This paper draws on relevant research and cross-country regression analysis to argue that the impact of economic determinants is dwarfed by contextual factors within Africa. The regression analysis suggests that controlling for per capita income, calories per capita and the ratio of female to male participation rates (none of which were statistically significant): being a Southern African country increases expected HIV prevalence 8.3 times; being in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 times; being a predominantly Protestant country 2.5 times; and being a predominantly Muslim country reduces expected HIV prevalence to 62% of the base case. Including the share of income going to the poor did not improve the model and was itself statistically insignificant. The analysis suggests that poverty may play a role in the HIV epidemic in some countries (and may well be a factor affecting the vulnerability of some people to HIV infection in all countries) but that its overall impact is dwarfed by social and behavioral factors. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - AIDS and Behavior LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 SM - 1090-7165 T1 - Poverty, Sex and HIV TI - Poverty, Sex and HIV UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19871 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19871 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Nattrass N. Poverty, Sex and HIV. AIDS and Behavior. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19871. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Springer Verlag (Germany) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Aids and Society Research Unit | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | AIDS and Behavior | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://link.springer.com/journal/10461 | |
| dc.subject.other | HIV | |
| dc.subject.other | Poverty | |
| dc.subject.other | Sexual behavio | |
| dc.subject.other | Africa | |
| dc.subject.other | Cross-country | |
| dc.subject.other | regression | |
| dc.title | Poverty, Sex and HIV | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |