Open AccessHousehold and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual behavior of young adults: evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005
Author(s) -
Taryn Dinkelman,
David Lam,
Murray Leibbrandt
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/01.aids.0000300535.05226.a9
Subject(s) - cape , economics , demographic economics , household income , environmental health , demography , socioeconomics , psychology , medicine , geography , sociology , archaeology
To describe recent trends in adolescent sexual behavior in Cape Town, South Africa, and to determine whether household and community poverty and negative economic shocks predict risky sexual behavior.