| Marital strategies for regulating exposure to HIV. | |
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PMID: 18613488 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In a setting where the transmission of HIV occurs primarily through heterosexual contact and where no cure or vaccine is available, behavioral change is imperative for containing the epidemic. Abstinence, faithfulness, and condom use most often receive attention in this regard. In contrast, this article treats marriage as a resource for HIV risk management via mechanisms of positive selection (partner choice) and negative selection (divorce of an adulterous spouse). Retrospective marriage histories and panel data provide the evidence for this study and results indicate that men and women in Malawi increasingly turned to union-based risk-avoidance strategies during the period that the threat of HIV/AIDS materialized. Although both sexes strategize in a similar fashion, men are better equipped than women to deploy these strategies to their advantage. The article concludes with reflections on the long-term and population-level implications of these coping mechanisms. |
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Authors:
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Georges Reniers |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Demography Volume: 45 ISSN: 0070-3370 ISO Abbreviation: Demography Publication Date: 2008 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-07-10 Completed Date: 2008-09-23 Revised Date: 2012-05-30 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0226703 Medline TA: Demography Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 417-38 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Behavioral Science, Population Program, University of Colorado-Boulder, 484 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. georges.reniers@colorado.edu |
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Adult Female HIV Infections / prevention & control*, transmission Humans Logistic Models Malawi Male Marriage* / statistics & numerical data Proportional Hazards Models Risk Reduction Behavior* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R01 HD/MH41713/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD044228/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01-HD372-276/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R21 HD51146/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R24 HD047879/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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