Open AccessWomen Underestimate the Age of Their Partners During Survey Interviews: Implications for HIV Risk Associated With Age Mixing in Northern Malawi
Author(s) -
Stéphane Helleringer,
Hans Peter Köhler,
James Mkandawire
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e318227a486
Subject(s) - respondent , demography , medicine , mixing patterns , population , young adult , age groups , gerontology , environmental health , mixing (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , political science , law
Age mixing may explain differences in HIV prevalence across populations in sub-Saharan countries, but the validity of survey data on age mixing is unknown.