Household and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual behavior of young adults: evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005

Dinkelman, Taryn; Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray

doi:10.1097/01.aids.0000300535.05226.a9

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“…Dinkelman et al (2007) find in a panel of young adults in Cape Town, South Africa that negative household level economic shocks (e.g., death or job loss) are associated with an increased likelihood of young women in these households having multiple sexual partners. Robinson and Yeh (2010) find that among a sample of 192 commercial sex workers in Busia District, Kenya individual and household level negative health shocks increase willingness to supply particularly risky transactional sex.…”

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Economic booms and risky sexual behavior: Evidence from Zambian copper mining cities

Wilson

2012

Journal of Health Economics

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Existing studies suggest that individual and household level economic shocks affect the demand for and supply of risky sex. However, little evidence exists on the effects of an aggregate shock on equilibrium risky sexual behavior. This paper examines the effects of the early twenty-first century copper boom on risky sexual behavior in Zambian copper mining cities. The results indicate that the copper boom substantially reduced rates of transactional sex and multiple partnerships in copper mining cities. These effects were partly concentrated among young adults and copper boom induced in-migration to mining cities appears to have contributed to these reductions.JEL classification: I18, J10, O12, O40

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Economic booms and risky sexual behavior: Evidence from Zambian copper mining cities

Wilson

2012

Journal of Health Economics

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“…Numerous studies focused on community-level health outcomes have examined whether socioeconomic status, supply environment and quality of health care are associated with a health behavior or outcome–that is, these studies have demonstrated that women's (or men's) behaviors are associated with the behaviors or attitudes of other who live around them. 27–33 For example, Speizer et al found that the increasing prevalence of sexual violence reported by women within a community was negatively associated with women's use of condoms at last sex and positively associated with their being HIV positive or having had an adolescent pregnancy; 34 other studies among adults found similar results. 27,35,36 And according to an analysis of 2005–2009 DHS data from 21 African countries, contraceptive use remained associated with community demographics and fertility norms, community-level gender norms and inequalities, and health knowledge after individual factors were controlled for.…”

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Belief in Family Planning Myths at the Individual and Community Levels and Modern Contraceptive Use in Urban Africa

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Speizer²,

Corroon³

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Context Negative myths and misconceptions about family planning are a barrier to modern contraceptive use. Most research on the subject has focused on individual beliefs about contraception; however, given that myths spread easily within communities, it is also important to examine how the prevalence of negative myths in a community affects the aggregate level of method use. Methods Baseline data collected in 2010–2011 by the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation project on women aged 15–49 living in selected cities in Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal were used. Multivariate analyses examined associations between modern contraceptive use and belief in negative myths for individuals and communities. Results In each country, the family planning myths most prevalent at the individual and community levels were that “people who use contraceptives end up with health problems,” “contraceptives are dangerous to women's health” and “contraceptives can harm your womb.” On average, women in Nigeria and Kenya believed 2.7 and 4.6 out of eight selected myths, respectively, and women in Senegal believed 2.6 out of seven. Women's individual-level belief in myths was negatively associated with their modern contraceptive use in all three countries (odds ratios, 0.2–0.7). In Nigeria, the women's community-level myth variable was positively associated with modern contraceptive use (1.6), whereas the men's community-level myth variable was negatively associated with use (0.6); neither community-level variable was associated with modern contraceptive use in Kenya or Senegal. Conclusion Education programs are needed to dispel common myths and misconceptions about modern contraceptives. In Nigeria, programs that encourage community-level discussions may be effective at reducing myths and increasing modern contraceptive use.

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“…Multiple studies of South African youth have shown that engagement in some sexual risk behaviors (e.g., ever had sex and younger age at first sex) are more common among young blacks than others (Dinkelman et al, 2007;Tenkorang et al, 2009;Kenyon et al, 2010b;Fraser-Hurt et al, 2011), but there is evidence that blacks are more likely than coloureds to report condom use at last sex (Dinkelman et al, 2007). Research on HIV risk perceptions at one point in time has found higher levels of self-perceived risk for coloured and white males relative to black males and lower self-perceived risk for coloured females relative to black females, with no significant differences in selfperceived risk between white and black females .…”

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Change Over Time in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Perceptions of Youth

Beutel

Anderson

2013

Journal of Social Sciences

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Although the vulnerability of young people to HIV/AIDS continues to be a serious concern in South Africa, no research has used a representative sample of South African youth to examine whether individual Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) risk perceptions change over time and, if they do, what factors are associated with change. Using data from the Cape Area Panel Study, a multi-racial, longitudinal study of youth and their households, this study examined whether youth change their HIV risk perceptions over a four-year period and whether sexual behaviors, knowing someone with HIV, gender and race are associated with any change. Overall, changes in HIV risk perceptions tend to be small. As predicted, sexual activity is associated with increases in risk perceptions. Contrary to predictions, condom use at last sex is associated with increases in risk perceptions and knowing someone with HIV is associated with decreases in risk perceptions. In addition, there is variation by gender and by race in the factors associated with change in risk perceptions. This study serves as an initial examination of change in the HIV risk perceptions of South African youth; further investigation of their HIV risk perceptions over time is needed.

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Household and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual behavior of young adults: evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005

Cited by 62 publications

References 18 publications

Economic booms and risky sexual behavior: Evidence from Zambian copper mining cities

Economic booms and risky sexual behavior: Evidence from Zambian copper mining cities

Belief in Family Planning Myths at the Individual and Community Levels and Modern Contraceptive Use in Urban Africa

Change Over Time in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Perceptions of Youth

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