Open AccessMarital status and HIV/AIDS mortality: evidence from the US National Longitudinal Mortality Study
Author(s) -
Augustine J. Kposowa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.02.018
Subject(s) - demography , marital status , medicine , population , longitudinal study , relative risk , confidence interval , gerontology , proportional hazards model , risk factor , pathology , sociology
The purpose of the study was to examine associations between marital status groups and death from HIV/AIDS. The primary hypothesis was that divorced and single/never married individuals have a much higher risk of death than married persons.
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