Keep them in school: the importance of education as a protective factor against HIV infection among young South African women | Zendy

Audrey Pettifor | Zendy; B. A Levandowski | Zendy; Catherine MacPhail | Zendy; Nancy Padian | Zendy; M. S Cohen | Zendy; Helen Rees | Zendy

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Keep them in school: the importance of education as a protective factor against HIV infection among young South African women

Author(s) -

Audrey Pettifor,

B. A Levandowski,

Catherine MacPhail,

Nancy Padian,

M. S Cohen,

Helen Rees

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn131

Subject(s) - medicine , young adult , psychological intervention , logistic regression , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , risk factor , gerontology , environmental health , immunology , psychiatry , sociology

To identify risk factors for HIV infection among young women aged 15-24 years reporting one lifetime partner in South Africa. Design In 2003, we conducted a nationally representative household survey of sexual behaviour and HIV testing among 11 904 young people aged 15-24 years in South Africa. This analysis focuses on the subset of sexually experienced young women with only one reported lifetime sex partner (n = 1708).

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