Marital Aspirations, Sexual Behaviors, and HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi

Autor/inn/en	Clark, Shelley; Poulin, Michelle; Kohler, Hans-Peter
Titel	Marital Aspirations, Sexual Behaviors, and HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 71 (2009) 2, S.396-416 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00607.x
Schlagwörter	At Risk Persons; Young Adults; Foreign Countries; Sexuality; Rural Areas; Adolescents; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Marriage; Correlation; Incidence; Social Attitudes; Surveys; Interviews; Health Behavior; Attitude Measures; Malawi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ausland; Sexualität; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ehe; Korrelation; Vorkommen; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten
Abstract	We explore how marital aspirations are related to the sexual behaviors of adolescents and young adults in Malawi, where HIV/AIDS prevalence among adults exceeds 10%. We also consider whether the specter of AIDS is shaping ideals about marriage. By combining survey data (N = 1,087) and in-depth interviews (N = 133) with young Malawians from the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project, we show that looking for and finding a suitable spouse are linked to sexual behaviors and, thus, HIV risks. Moreover, concerns about contracting HIV are closely tied to the ideal characteristics of a future spouse. Our findings draw long-overdue attention to the importance of marital aspirations in understanding adolescent sexual behaviors and risks in the era of AIDS. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10