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Title Age-disparate Partnerships and Socioeconomic Status - astudy on HIV risk for adolescent girls and young women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Åldersskillnad inom sexuella relationer och socioekonomisk status- en studie om tonaÌŠrsflickors och unga kvinnors risk foÌˆr HIV i i KwaZulu-Natal, Sydafrika
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/2077/65293
Date 2020
Author(s) Holgersson, Beatrice; Ojala, Iina
Abstract This thesis investigates the relationship between socioeconomic status and age-disparate partnerships for adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 in KwaZulu-Natal. Age-disparate partnering is defined as engaging in a sexual partnership with a partner five years older or more. Separate measures of education level, employment status, and household income are used as indicators for socioeconomic status. The logistic regression model estimates the relationships. The findings imply an association between socioeconomic status and age-disparate partnerships. There is a significant negative relationship between education level and age-disparate partnerships. The same inverse pattern is suggested for household income, although non-significant and more modest. The probability for students engaging in age-disparate partnerships is lower compared to other employment categories. The probability of age-disparate partnering increase with age for all socioeconomic measures.
Subject(s) Socioeconomic status; HIV; Age disparate partnership; Adolescent girls & young women; 90-90-90 treatment targets
Language eng
Relation 202006:305; Uppsats
Type of publication M2
Repository Gothenberg - University of Gothenberg
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