| Title |
Does HIV/AIDS Related Knowledge Affect Men’s Decision to Have Sexual Encounters with Commercial Sex Workers? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Author |
Agarwal, Smriti
De Araujo, Pedro
Paudel, Jayash
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| Type of Resource |
text
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| Digital Origin |
born digital
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| Date Created |
2010-08
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| Abstract |
Using representative samples from populations of 19 sub-Sahara African countries, this paper investigates the effects of different levels of HIV/AIDS knowledge on sexual behavior of males with country specific effects and controls for socioeconomic characteristics and location of residence. The main findings are that HIV/AIDS knowledge increases the likelihood of using condoms with and without commercial sex workers, has no significant effect on the likelihood of paying for sex, and increases both the likelihood of having pre and extra marital sex. These results indicate that increased HIV knowledge on average does not lead to safer sexual behavior of males in sub-Saharan Africa at the macro level.
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| Keywords |
HIV/AIDS
sexual behavior
average partial effects
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| Rights Statement |
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact the author for permission to publish.
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| Note (admin) |
Acquired from Department of Economics and Business. Saved as PDF/A1.b using Adobe Acrobat Professional.
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| Language |
eng
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| Extent |
19 p. : ill. (some col.)
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| Local Identifier |
2010-05
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| Handle |
http://hdl.handle.net/10176/coccc:3306
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