The effect of increased primary schooling on adult women's HIV status in Malawi and Uganda: Universal Primary Education as a natural experiment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-115

  Behrman, Julia Andrea ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Natural experiment; Sexual behavior; Sub Saharan Africa; Universal primary education

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; READING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; UGANDA; EDUCATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIV INFECTIONS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

MALAWI; UGANDA;

AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84922281582     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.034     Document Type: Article

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