Rania Tfaily
Biographic Data
| ID | 4198015 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rania Tfaily |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rania |
| FAMILY NAME | Tfaily |
| SIGNATURE | TFAILY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Polygyny, Partnership Concurrency, and HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa
We study the relationship between polygyny and HIV infection using nationally representative survey data with linked serostatus information from 20 African countries. Our results indicate that junior wives in polygynous unions are more likely to be HIV positive than spouses of monogamous men, but also that HIV prevalence is lower in populations with more polygyny. With these results in mind, we investigate four explanations for the contrasting in…
Cross‐community comparability of attitude questions
The use of attitude questions is very common in comparative surveys as it allows researchers to gauge the perspectives of respondents toward social issues and explain cross‐country differentials in attitudes. Comparative studies implicitly assume that equivalently worded items are measuring the same construct in different settings. However, the results of these studies might be questionable if the measurement invariant assumption is violated and …
Polygyny and HIV in Malawi
We review the relationship between polygyny and HIV and identify a positive individual-level correlation, and a negative ecological correlation. We subsequently examine two mechanisms that contribute to the individual-level correlation. First, we find that men in polygynous marriages have more extramarital sex than men in monogamous unions (both in terms of self reports and in terms of spousal reports of the suspicion of adultery). Second, we fin…
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Polygyny and HIV in Malawi
We review the relationship between polygyny and HIV and identify a positive individual-level correlation, and a negative ecological correlation. We subsequently examine two mechanisms that contribute to the individual-level correlation. First, we find that men in polygynous marriages have more extramarital sex than men in monogamous unions (both in terms of self reports and in terms of spousal reports of the suspicion of adultery). Second, we fin…
Cross‐community comparability of attitude questions
The use of attitude questions is very common in comparative surveys as it allows researchers to gauge the perspectives of respondents toward social issues and explain cross‐country differentials in attitudes. Comparative studies implicitly assume that equivalently worded items are measuring the same construct in different settings. However, the results of these studies might be questionable if the measurement invariant assumption is violated and …
Polygyny, Partnership Concurrency, and HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa
We study the relationship between polygyny and HIV infection using nationally representative survey data with linked serostatus information from 20 African countries. Our results indicate that junior wives in polygynous unions are more likely to be HIV positive than spouses of monogamous men, but also that HIV prevalence is lower in populations with more polygyny. With these results in mind, we investigate four explanations for the contrasting in…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Immunology (2 works) · Marriage and Sexual Relationships (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Polygyny (2 works) · Population (2 works)