Prevalence of parental death among young people in South Africa and risk for HIV infection.

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OBJECTIVES: This study estimated the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of young people in South Africa who have experienced parental death and examined associations between parental death and young people's HIV status and sexual behaviors. DESIGN AND METHODS: Data were from a cross-sectional nationally representative household survey of 11,904 15- to 24-year-old South Africans. Surveys included items on sexual behavior and family composition, and oral fluid samples were collect...

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Authors: Operario, D; Pettifor, A; Cluver, L; MacPhail, C; Rees, H

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 93-98
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000243126.75153.3c
• EISSN: 1944-7884
• ISSN: 1525-4135
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cross-Sectional Studies; HIV Infections; Population Surveillance; Data Collection; Sexual Behavior; Bereavement; Parents; Child; Attitude to Death; Prevalence; Humans; Adolescent; Adult; Risk; South Africa