Sexual Risk Taking Among Young Adults in Cape Town: Effects of Expected Health and Income

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dc.creatorBezabih, Mintewab
dc.creatorMannberg, Andrea
dc.creatorVisser, Martine
dc.date2012-12-03T12:07:30Z
dc.date2012-12-03T12:07:30Z
dc.date2010-05
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:05:10Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:05:10Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThe wide prevalence of HIV in Africa has long been associated with seemingly irrational levels of sexual risk taking. Hence understanding the rationale behind risky sexual behavior is critical for designing effective prevention policies. This paper empirically assesses links between expectations of future health and income on sexual risk taking. An important contribution of the paper lies in combining a wide range of variables measuring risky sexual behavior such that the maximum information possible is extracted from, and adequate weights are attached to each measure, as opposed to previous studies that are based on individual measures or arbitrary aggregations. The findings indicate that expected income and health and future uncertainty are significant determinants of current patterns of sexual risk taking. From a policy perspective, the results suggest that reducing poverty and improving social insurance as well as reducing the taboo related to talking about HIV, and further investigating the relatively low degree of condom use of women may constitute important issues to be addressed.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/75
dc.identifier.ris TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Sexual Risk Taking Among Young Adults in Cape Town: Effects of Expected Health and Income TI - Sexual Risk Taking Among Young Adults in Cape Town: Effects of Expected Health and Income UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/75 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/75
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleSexual Risk Taking Among Young Adults in Cape Town: Effects of Expected Health and Income
dc.typeReport
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceSALDRU Reporten_ZA
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