Campus Units

Community and Regional Planning

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Publication Date

Fall 2010

Journal or Book Title

Journal of African Development

Volume

12

Issue

2

First Page

33

Last Page

46

Abstract

This paper examines whether marriage increases the risk of HIV infection among women aged 15-24 in Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. We fi nd that in all the three countries, the risk of infection is signifi cantly lower for never-married young women than ever-married young women; however, the difference in risk disappears when we control for age, educational attainment, household wealth, and area of residence. Thus, our result highlights the importance of socio-economic and demographic factors in analyzing the link between marital status and HIV risk among young women. Particularly, our fi ndings show that age and education play a crucial role in determining the level of HIV/AIDS risk for young women. The result also implies that marriage as an institution does not necessarily elevate the risk of HIV infection among young women.

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This article is from Journal of African Development, 2010 12(2); 33-46. Posted with permission.

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en

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