Contraceptive Decisions and Hiv/Aids Concerns Among Married Couples in Malawi

Datos Bibliográficos

ID24077441
AutoresOleosi Ntshebe (0000-0002-6010-0332, University of Botswana, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen43
Número3
Páginas329-343
Fecha de publicación2011-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021932010000738
PMID21211092
OpenAlexW2061042020
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas24

This study investigates current contraceptive use among Malawi couples. The data examined are from the 2001 Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP). The aim of the study is to explore whether contraceptive use among married couples is affected by the couple's concerns about HIV/AIDS and couple's age difference. Contraceptive use was found to be associated with the couple's HIV concern and family planning goals. There is no significant association between spousal age difference and contraceptive use. The findings are important for future work on the connection of marital concerns about HIV/AIDS with contraceptive behaviours, especially the use of condoms, and for informing HIV preventive strategies in marriage.

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Family planning · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare