Infertility, a common experience among women and men worldwide, remains on the margins
of public health and medicine in low-resource settings. Previous studies identified …

Abstract The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) is one of very few
long-standing, publicly available longitudinal cohort studies in a sub-Saharan African (SSA) …

We investigate the causal impact of learning HIV status on HIV/AIDS-related expectations
and sexual behavior in the medium run. Our analyses document several unexpected results …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the world's highest rates of HIV and other
sexually transmissible infections (STIs), yet numerous studies show that condom use is …

South Africa has experienced declining marriage rates and the increasing practice of
cohabitation without marriage. This study aims to improve the understanding of the …

Background HIV/AIDS remains being a disease of great public health concern worldwide. In
regions such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where women are disproportionately infected …

Extramarital sexual partnerships are a common reason for intimate partner violence (IPV) in
sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the fact that IPV requires an interaction between two partners …

We survey the literature on sub-Saharan Africa to identify how gender has factored into
explaining fertility levels and behavior. Tracing the development of male role theory, we …

Behavioral processes underlying sexual behavior are important for understanding normal
human functioning and risk behavior leading to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This …

We use probabilistic expectations data elicited from survey respondents in rural Malawi to
investigate how risky sexual behaviour may be influenced by individuals' expectations about …