Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-27-2011
Publication Title
Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications
Volume
25
Issue
6
Abstract
We examine for the first time age-mixing in sexual relationships in a population with very high HIV incidence and prevalence in rural South Africa. The highest levels of age assortativity (the pairing of like with like) were casual partnerships reported by men, the lowest levels were spousal relationships reported by women. Given the age–sex distribution of HIV prevalence in this population, interventions to decrease age-gaps in spousal relationships may be effective in reducing HIV incidence.
First Page
861
Last Page
863
Recommended Citation
Ott, Miles Q.; Bärnighausen, Till; Tanser, Frank; Lurie, Mark N.; and Newell, Marie-Louise, "Age-Gaps in Sexual Partnerships: Seeing Beyond ‘Sugar Daddies’" (2011). Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/sds_facpubs/4
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834344c9
Rights
© the authors
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.
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