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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Exploring the connections between HIV serostatus and individual, household, and community socioeconomic resources: Evidence from two population-based surveys in Kenya
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 74, No. 2, Year 2012
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The positive association between health and socioeconomic status (SES) is well documented. However, available empirical evidence on the SES gradients of HIV serostatus is mixed, and few studies have explored the effects of community SES indicators on individual's HIV risk. Using nationally representative data of women and men from the 2003 Demographic and Health Survey and the 2007 AIDS Indicator Survey from Kenya, we assessed the associations between HIV serostatus and SES as measured by educational attainment and household wealth at the individual/household and community levels. Additionally, we explored changes in these associations between 2003 and 2007. Results from bivariate and cohort analyses showed that during this period, HIV burden shifted from higher to lower SES subgroups at both the individual/household and community levels, particularly among women aged 15-24 years. Results from multi-level logistic regression models showed that this shift was generally significant among women. In addition, communities' collective educational attainment, measured as the percentage of residents with some secondary schooling or higher, was a more significant predictor and protective factor for HIV risk than individual/household-level SES indicators for women in 2007 and men in both years. Our findings highlight the relevance of community-level SES to HIV dynamics in Kenya between 2003 and 2007. © 2011.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ishida, Kanako
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Arnold, Michael P.
United States, Seattle
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Stupp, Paul W.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Kizito, Paul
Kenya, Nairobi
National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development
Ichwara, Jared Masini
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.019
ISSN:
02779536
e-ISSN:
18735347
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Kenya
Participants Gender
Male
Female