The Association between Remarriage and HIV Infection : Evidence from National HIV Surveys in Africa
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The literature shows that divorced,
separated, and widowed individuals in Africa are at
significantly increased risk for HIV. Using nationally
representative data from 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa,
this paper confirms that formerly married individuals are at
significantly higher risk for HIV. The study goes further by
examining individuals who have remarried. The results show
that remarried individuals form a large portion of the
population - usually larger than the divorced, separated, or
widowed - and that they also have higher than average HIV
prevalence. This large number of high-risk remarried
individuals is an important source of vulnerability and
further infection that needs to be acknowledged and taken
into account in prevention strategies.
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ADULT MORTALITY, ADULT POPULATION, AGING, AIDS EPIDEMIC, BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS, CONDOM, CONDOM USE, CONDOMS, COUNSELLING, CULTURAL NORMS, DISEASES, DIVORCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, EPIDEMIC, EPIDEMICS, FAMILY PLANNING, FEMALES, FEWER WOMEN, FIRST MARRIAGE, HEALTH SURVEYS, HIGH PREVALENCE OF HIV, HIV, HIV EPIDEMICS, HIV INFECTION, HIV POSITIVE, HIV PREVALENCE, HIV PREVALENCE RATE, HIV PREVALENCE RATES, HIV TESTING, HIV TRANSMISSION, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HUSBANDS, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, IMPACT OF AIDS, INHERITANCE, INTERCOURSE, MARITAL STATUS, MARRIED MEN, MARRIED POPULATION, MARRIED WOMEN, MEDICINE, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORTALITY, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLYGAMY, POPULATION ASSOCIATION, POPULATION STUDIES, POPULATION STUDY, PREVALENCE, PREVALENCE RATE, PREVALENCE RATES, PREVENTION EFFORTS, PREVENTION STRATEGIES, PROGRESS, PUBLIC SERVICES, RISK FACTORS, RISK TAKING, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL WOMEN, SEXUAL ACTIVITY, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, SEXUAL RISK, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL WELFARE, SPOUSE, SPOUSES, SPREAD OF HIV, STD, SYNDROMES, VOLUNTARY TESTING, VULNERABILITY