Length of secondary schooling and risk of HIV infection in Botswana: evidence from a natural experiment

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2015, Pages e470-e477

  De Neve, Jan Walter ^a   Fink, Günther ^a,b   Subramanian, S V ^a,b   Moyo, Sikhulile ^c   Bor, Jacob ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH SCHOOL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BOTSWANA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933073755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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