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Recent e;dence suggests that the burden of new HIV infection in
developing COtmtries is concentrated among YOtmg people even \;th the
inc=in!! knowledge of how to protect oneself from infection. :-'Iany scholars
have e.,:plained this tmder the economic thesis that the daily situations of
economic and social disadvanta"cre that characterize the lives of many YOtmg
people push them to indulge in ris!.:y sex"Ua! behayiours that increase their risk of
contracting HIV. 1bis study empirically tests the veracity of this economic thesis
among yotmg people in Ghana
E'.tr.icting data on YOtmg men and women aged 15-24y=from the 2003
Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data. a national household survey; the
study eXl'lores the association between economic starus and three ris!.:y se.'."Ua!
beha;ours - age at se.'."Ua! debut. multiple se.'."UaI partnership and inconsistent tL
ofcondom.
Interestingly, the long held poYer!)' hypothesis is not confirmed in this
study. Howeyer, yariables such as kno\iedge of one's HI'/AIDS status.
frequency ofwatching teleision,y=ofschooling and sta)ing away from home
for more than a month are fOtmd to be significantly a5-"Ociated w;th ris!..')' se.'.-ual
beha;ours among YOtmg people in Ghana.
ANDOH, F (2021). HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC STATUS AND RISK OF HIV/AIDS INFECTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/household-economic-status-and-risk-of-hiv-aids-infection-among-young-people-evidence-from-ghana
ANDOH, FRANCIS "HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC STATUS AND RISK OF HIV/AIDS INFECTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA" Afribary. Afribary, 02 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/household-economic-status-and-risk-of-hiv-aids-infection-among-young-people-evidence-from-ghana. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
ANDOH, FRANCIS . "HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC STATUS AND RISK OF HIV/AIDS INFECTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA". Afribary, Afribary, 02 Apr. 2021. Web. 24 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/household-economic-status-and-risk-of-hiv-aids-infection-among-young-people-evidence-from-ghana >.
ANDOH, FRANCIS . "HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC STATUS AND RISK OF HIV/AIDS INFECTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 24, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/household-economic-status-and-risk-of-hiv-aids-infection-among-young-people-evidence-from-ghana