Using cross country panel regression analysis to relook at the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Hove, Fidelis | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-25T19:17:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-25T19:17:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-25T13:50:11Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper explores the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa. We review the literature suggesting that conflict can exacerbate the HIV epidemic (through sex with infected soldiers, war-related rape, poverty-related unsafe sex, transactional sex, etc) and the literature arguing the contrary (such as that militaries do not always have higher prevalence rates than the surrounding populations and that war can disrupt sexual networks). Building on past econometric contributions on the debate, our parsimonious cross-country panel data regression analysis of HIV prevalence casts doubt on the argument that conflict worsens the epidemic, particularly at a country level. We do, however, find a negative, albeit statistically weak association between armed conflict, militarization, and HIV prevalence. Fully acknowledging the limitations of our analysis, we stress the importance of looking at the association between HIV prevalence and conflict on a case by case basis, taking lessons from the experiences of other conflict afflicted countries. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Hove, F. (2010). <i>Using cross country panel regression analysis to relook at the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19860 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Hove, Fidelis <i>Using cross country panel regression analysis to relook at the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19860 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hove, F. (2010). Using cross country panel regression analysis to relook at the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa. (paper 283). Center for Social Science Research. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Hove, Fidelis AB - This paper explores the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa. We review the literature suggesting that conflict can exacerbate the HIV epidemic (through sex with infected soldiers, war-related rape, poverty-related unsafe sex, transactional sex, etc) and the literature arguing the contrary (such as that militaries do not always have higher prevalence rates than the surrounding populations and that war can disrupt sexual networks). Building on past econometric contributions on the debate, our parsimonious cross-country panel data regression analysis of HIV prevalence casts doubt on the argument that conflict worsens the epidemic, particularly at a country level. We do, however, find a negative, albeit statistically weak association between armed conflict, militarization, and HIV prevalence. Fully acknowledging the limitations of our analysis, we stress the importance of looking at the association between HIV prevalence and conflict on a case by case basis, taking lessons from the experiences of other conflict afflicted countries. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Using cross country panel regression analysis to relook at the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa TI - Using cross country panel regression analysis to relook at the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19860 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19860 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Hove F. Using cross country panel regression analysis to relook at the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa. 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19860 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | panel data | |
| dc.subject.other | cross country regression | |
| dc.title | Using cross country panel regression analysis to relook at the relationship between armed conflict and HIV prevalence in Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |