Women underestimate the age of their partners during survey interviews: Implications for HIV risk associated with age mixing in Northern Malawi

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1030-1035

  Helleringer, Stéphane ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter ^b   Mkandawire, James ^c  

^a Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054097621     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318227a486     Document Type: Review

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