Corno, Luciade Walque, Damien2012-06-112012-06-112007-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7638This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors using the 2004 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey. The authors find that in Lesotho education appears to have a protective effect: it is negatively associated with HIV infection (although not always significantly) and it strongly predicts preventive behaviors. The findings also show that married women who have extra-marital relationships are less likely to use a condom than non-married women. This is an important source of vulnerability that should be addressed in prevention efforts. The paper also analyzes HIV infection at the level of the couple. It shows that in 41 percent of the infected couples, only one of the two partners is HIV infected. Therefore, there are still opportunities for prevention inside the couple.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSTINENCEADOLESCENCEADULTHOODAGE AT MARRIAGEAGE GROUPSAGEDAIDS EPIDEMICANTE-NATAL CARECHILDBEARINGCLINICSCOMMERCIAL SEXCOMMUNITY HEALTHCONDOMCONDOM USECONDOMSCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVESCULTURAL STATUS OF WOMENDEATH RATESDISEASEDISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMSDIVORCEDRUG USERSEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY MARRIAGEEDUCATED WOMENEDUCATION FOR GIRLSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEFFECTIVE POLICIESEPIDEMICEXCESS MORTALITYEXTRAMARITAL SEXFAMILIESFEMALEFEMALESFIRST INTERCOURSEFORMAL EDUCATIONGENDERHEALTH SURVEYSHEALTH WORKERSHETEROSEXUAL CONTACTHIGH RISK GROUPSHIGH-RISK PEOPLEHIVHIV INFECTIONHIV POSITIVEHIV POSITIVE PEOPLEHIV PREVENTIONHIV TESTINGHIV TRANSMISSIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPEHUSBANDSIMMUNE DEFICIENCYIMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMESIMMUNODEFICIENCYIMPACT OF EDUCATIONINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFECTION RATEINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINTERCOURSEINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONSJOURNAL OF MEDICINELIFE EXPECTANCYMALE CIRCUMCISIONMALESMARITAL STATUSMARRIED COUPLESMARRIED MENMARRIED WOMENMEDICAL RESEARCHMIGRANTMIGRATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF HEALTHMULTIPLE PARTNERSMULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERSOLDER MENORPHANORPHANSPANDEMICPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLYGAMYPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION ESTIMATESPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPREGNANCIESPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPREVALENCEPREVALENCE RATEPREVENTION EFFORTSPREVENTION STRATEGIESPREVENTIVE BEHAVIORSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPROSTITUTIONPUBLIC SERVICESREFUGEESREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRISK BEHAVIORSRISK OF EXPOSURERISK OF INFECTIONRISKY BEHAVIORRISKY BEHAVIORSRURAL AREASSAFE SEXSAFER SEXSCHOOL CURRICULUMSCIENTIFIC EVIDENCESECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSEXSEX INDUSTRYSEX WITH MENSEX WORKERSSEXUAL ACTIVITYSEXUAL BEHAVIORSEXUAL BEHAVIORSSEXUAL INITIATIONSEXUAL INTERCOURSESEXUAL RELATIONSSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPSSEXUAL VIOLENCESEXUALLY ACTIVESOCIAL MARKETINGSOCIAL WELFARESPOUSESPOUSESSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUGAR DADDIESSURGERYSURVEILLANCE DATASYMPTOMSTEENAGE GIRLSTEENAGE YEARSTEENAGERSTHERAPIESTREATMENTUNAIDSUNIONSUNPROTECTED SEXURBAN AREASUSE OF CONDOMSVIRAL LOADVIRGINVIRGINITYVOLUNTARY COUNSELINGVOLUNTARY COUNSELLINGVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE GROUPSWOMANWORKFORCEYOUNG MENYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMENYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4421