Demographic and Socioeconomic Patterns of HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Africa

Understanding the demographic and socioeconomic patterns of the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa is crucial for developing programs and policies to combat HIV/AIDS. This paper looks critically at the methods and analytical challenges to study the links between socioeconomic and demographic status and HIV/AIDS. Some of the misconceptions about the HIV/AIDS epidemic are discussed and unusual empirical evidence from the existing body of work is presented. Several important messages emerge from the results. First, the study of the link between socioeconomic status and HIV faces a range of challenges related to definitions, samples, and empirical methods. Second, given the large gaps in evidence and the changing nature of the epidemic, there is a need to continue to improve the evidence base on the link between demographic and socioeconomic status and the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS. Finally, it is difficult to generalize results across countries. As the results presented here and in other studies based on Demographic and Health Survey datasets show, few consistent and significant patterns of prevalence by socioeconomic and demographic status are evident.

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Main Authors:	Beegle, Kathleen, de Walque, Damien
Language:	English
Published:	2009-10-01
Subjects:	ABORTION, ADOLESCENTS, ADULT POPULATION, AGE GROUPS, AIDS EPIDEMIC, ANTENATAL CLINICS, ARI, BEHAVIORAL RISK, BLOOD SAMPLES, BULLETIN, CLINICAL TRIALS, CLINICS, COHORT STUDIES, CONDOM, CONDOM USE, CONDOMS, CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, DEMOGRAPHERS, DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIARRHEAL DISEASES, DISEASE, DISEASES, EARLY MARRIAGE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATED ADULTS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EPIDEMIC, EPIDEMICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXPOSURE RISK, FAMILY PLANNING, FEMALE, FEMALE CIRCUMCISION, FEMALES, FERTILITY, FERTILITY PATTERNS, FIRST MARRIAGE, GENDER, GLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMIC, HEALTH DECISIONS, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SURVEYS, HETEROSEXUAL CONTACT, HIGH-RISK GROUPS, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HIV INFECTION RATES, HIV POSITIVE, HIV PREVENTION, HIV TESTING, HIV TRANSMISSION, HIV/AIDS, HIV­ POSITIVE, HIV­POSITIVE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUSBANDS, IMPACT OF AIDS, INFECTION RATE, INFECTION RATES, INFECTIONS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING, INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES, INTERVENTION, ISOLATION, LOW PREVALENCE, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALARIA, MALE PARTNERS, MALNUTRITION, MARITAL STATUS, MARRIED ADOLESCENTS, MARRIED MEN, MARRIED WOMEN, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MEDICINE, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORTALITY, MULTIPLE PARTNERS, NATIONAL POPULATION, NUTRITION, OLD AGE, OLDER MEN, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION ESTIMATES, POPULATION STUDIES, PREVALENCE, PREVALENCE RATE, PREVENTION EFFORTS, PREVENTION STRATEGIES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PROGRESS, PUBLIC SERVICES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESPECT, RICHER PEOPLE, RISK BEHAVIORS, RISK FACTORS, RISKY BEHAVIORS, RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, SAFER SEX, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SEX, SEXUAL ACTIVITY, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, SEXUALITY, SEXUALLY ACTIVE, SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SMOKING, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, STATUS OF WOMEN, STERILITY, THERAPY, TREATMENT, TROPICAL MEDICINE, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNIONS, UNMARRIED WOMEN, UNPROTECTED SEX, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POPULATIONS, URBANIZATION, USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES, VIRGINS, VOLUNTARY COUNSELING, VULNERABILITY, WOMAN, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG WOMEN,
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