The demand for, and impact of, learning HIV status

RL Thornton - American Economic Review, 2008 - aeaweb.org
This paper evaluates an experiment in which individuals in rural Malawi were randomly
assigned monetary incentives to learn their HIV results after being tested. Distance to the …

Marital strategies for regulating exposure to HIV

G Reniers - Demography, 2008 - read.dukeupress.edu
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 …

Sexual behavior and STI/HIV status among adolescents in rural Malawi: an evaluation of the effect of interview mode on reporting

BS Mensch, PC Hewett, R Gregory… - Studies in family …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the reporting of premarital sex in rural southern Malawi. It
summarizes the results of an interview‐mode experiment conducted with unmarried young …

HIV prevalence and sexual behaviour at older ages in rural Malawi

E Freeman, P Anglewicz - International journal of STD & …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on HIV infection and sexual behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa typically focuses on
individuals aged 15–49 years under the assumption that both become less relevant for older …

Refusal bias in HIV prevalence estimates from nationally representative seroprevalence surveys

G Reniers, J Eaton - Aids, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To assess the relationship between prior knowledge of one's HIV status and the
likelihood to refuse HIV testing in populations-based surveys and explore its potential for …

Sexual and marital trajectories and HIV infection among ever-married women in rural Malawi

C Boileau, S Clark, S Bignami-Van Assche… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2009 - sti.bmj.com
Objective: To explore how sexual and marital trajectories are associated with HIV infection
among ever-married women in rural Malawi. Methods: Retrospective survey data and HIV …

Acceptance of repeat population-based voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in rural Malawi

F Obare, P Fleming, P Anglewicz, R Thornton… - Sexually transmitted …, 2009 - sti.bmj.com
Objective: To examine the acceptance of repeat population-based voluntary counselling and
testing (VCT) for HIV in rural Malawi. Methods: Behavioural and biomarker data were …

[HTML][HTML] Income, health, and well-being in rural Malawi

B Chin - Demographic research, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper attempts to isolate the causal link of income on health status and subjective well-
being for the rural population in Malawi using three waves of household panel data …

Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk

S Godlonton, RL Thornton - American Economic Review, 2013 - aeaweb.org
An individual who takes an HIV test can be informed about their own status and risk.
Similarly, when friends, family or neighbors learn of a person's HIV status, they may update …

[HTML][HTML] Polygyny and HIV in Malawi

G Reniers, R Tfaily - Demographic Research, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We review the relationship between polygyny and HIV and identify a positive individual-level
correlation, and a negative ecological correlation. We subsequently examine two …