Estimating the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility among Malawian women using demographic and health survey data

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 315-321

  Souza, Emmanuel ^a   Moultrie, Tom A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

fertility; HIV positive; likelihood of giving birth; physiological; population based; sero conversion; sero status; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWIAN; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MEDICAL HISTORY; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951117535     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: 17279445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2015.1093512     Document Type: Review

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