How Does the Impact of an HIV/AIDS Information Campaign Vary with Educational Attainment? Evidence from Rural Uganda

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dc.creatorDe Walque, Damien
dc.date2013-06-21T15:07:39Z
dc.date2013-06-21T15:07:39Z
dc.date2004-04
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dc.descriptionThe responsiveness to information is thought to be one channel through which education affects health outcomes. The author tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda. Previous studies in the epidemiological literature have generally concluded that, in Africa, there was either a positive association or no association between HIV infection and schooling levels. Using individual level data from a cohort study following the general population of a cluster of villages in rural Uganda over 12 years, the author shows that, after more than a decade of prevention campaigns about the dangers of the epidemic, there has been a substantial evolution in the HIV/education gradient. Early in the epidemic, in 1990, there was no robust relation between HIV/AIDS and education. In 2000, among young individuals, in particular among females, education lowers the risk of being HIV positive. Results on HIV incidence in a duration framework confirm that finding by establishing that, for young individuals, education reduces the probability of seroconversion. These findings reveal that educated individuals have been more responsive to the HIV/AIDS information campaigns. The analysis of sexual behavior reinforces that conclusion: condom use is associated positively with schooling levels.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/4128385/impact-hivaids-information-campaign-vary-educational-attainment-evidence-rural-uganda
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14107
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-3289
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417712
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No.3289
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectHEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subjectDISEASE PREVENTION
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectAIDS
dc.subjectHIV EDUCATION
dc.subjectAIDS EPIDEMIC
dc.subjectSEXUAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
dc.subjectCONDOM PROMOTION ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectADDITION
dc.subjectADULT POPULATION
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectAIDS
dc.subjectAIDS AWARENESS
dc.subjectAIDS COUNSELING
dc.subjectAIDS MORTALITY
dc.subjectANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPIES
dc.subjectCASE OF AIDS
dc.subjectCONDOM USE
dc.subjectCONDOMS
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMS
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subjectEDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectHEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHIV INFECTION
dc.subjectHIV POSITIVE
dc.subjectHIV TESTING
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINFORMATION
dc.subjectINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
dc.subjectINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectIRON
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEVELS OF CONDOM USE
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLITERATURE
dc.subjectMEDIA
dc.subjectMEDICAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNATIONAL AIDS CONTROL
dc.subjectOLDER PEOPLE
dc.subjectPAPERS
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectPREVENTION EFFORTS
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRATES OF RETURN
dc.subjectRISK OF INFECTION
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectSEX EDUCATION
dc.subjectSEXUAL INTERCOURSE
dc.subjectSEXUAL PARTNERS
dc.subjectSEXUAL PRACTICES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectTRANSMISSION
dc.subjectUNAIDS
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectUNPROTECTED SEX
dc.subjectVOLUNTARY COUNSELLING
dc.subjectVOLUNTARY TESTING
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULTS
dc.titleHow Does the Impact of an HIV/AIDS Information Campaign Vary with Educational Attainment? Evidence from Rural Uganda

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