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creators_name: Chintsanya, J.M.N.
title: Exploring socio-cultural gender based factors that render men and women risk to HIV infection in Malawi
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abstract: The primary goal of this study is to explore socio-cultural gender based factors that put women and men vulnerable to HIV infection. The past two decades have seen an increase in HIV adult prevalence rates in Malawi. However there has been a disparity in adult prevalence rates; women represent 56.8 percent of all HIV positive adults. An array of socio-cultural gender based factors embedded in sexual behaviour such as condom use, number of sexual partners and power relations, contributes to this disparity. Hegemonic masculinity is used to explain some risky behavioral practices. The study makes use of sexual behavioral indicators of HIV/AIDS from the 2000 Malawi Demographic Health. Both descriptive and logistic regression models are used to analyse the data. Results show that low condom use among men and women. Logistic regression analysis shows that men were more likely to make lone decisions than women also to have a number of sexual partners. Concerted effort is required at all levels to increase condom use and destigmatise the condom.
date: 2006
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: POPST
tutors_name: Jacubowski, N.
keywords_local: condom use
keywords_local: gender
keywords_local: masculinity
language_iso: en
titleorder: Exploring socio-cultural gender based factors that render men and women risk to HIV infection in Malawi
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date_issued: 2006-01-01
citation:   Chintsanya, J.M.N.  (2006) Exploring socio-cultural gender based factors that render men and women risk to HIV infection in Malawi.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/758/1/05148.pdf
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/758/2/05148bijl.pdf