HIV Testing, Behavior Change, and the Transition to Adulthood in Malawi
For young adults living in countries with AIDS epidemics, getting an HIV test may influence near-term decisions, such as when to leave school, when to marry, and when to have a first child. These behaviors, which define the transition from adolesce...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19322360/hiv-testing-behavior-change-transition-adulthood-malawi-hiv-testing-behavior-change-transition-adulthood-malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17716 |
| Summary: | For young adults living in countries
with AIDS epidemics, getting an HIV test may influence
near-term decisions, such as when to leave school, when to
marry, and when to have a first child. These behaviors,
which define the transition from adolescence to adulthood,
have long-term implications on well-being and directly
affect a person's risk of contracting HIV. Using an
experimental design embedded in a panel survey from Malawi,
this study assesses the impact of voluntary counseling and
testing of young adults for HIV on these decisions. The
results show negligible intent-to-treat effect of HIV
testing on behaviors. There is some suggestive evidence on
differential response by wealth and by prior beliefs about
one's status. |
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