Are Africans Practicing Safer Sex? Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys for Eight Countries

We use repeated rounds of Demographic and Health Survey data from eight African countries to examine changes in and determinants of three HIV risk behaviors: age at first intercourse, number of current sexual partners, and use of condoms. As a prelude, we assess the within‐country comparability of D...

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Volume:	56
Main Author:	Peter J. Glick David E. Sahn
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	The University of Chicago Press 01.01.2008 University of Chicago Press
published in:	Economic development and cultural change Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 397 - 439
Data of publication:	20080100
ISSN:	0013-0079 1539-2988
EISSN:	1539-2988
Alternate Title:	Are Africans Practicing Safer Sex?
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Human sexual behavior Epidemics HIV Collaboration Men Coitus Condoms School surveys Sexual partners Age Prevention Africans Sexual behavior AIDS (Disease)
Online Access:	Fulltext
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