Umeå Economic Studies, Department of Economics, Umeå University
No 804:
Sexual Risk Taking among Young Adults in Cape Town - Effects of Expected Health and Income
Mintewab Bezabih ()
, Andréa Mannberg ()
and Martine Visser ()
Abstract: This paper empirically assesses links between expectations
of future health and income on sexual risk taking on a sample of young
adults in Cape Town, South Africa. An important contribution of the paper
lies in combining a wide range of variables measuring risky sexual behavior
such that the maximum information possible is extracted from, and adequate
weights are attached to each measure, as opposed to previous studies that
are based on individual measures or arbitrary aggregations. The findings
indicate that expected income and health and future uncertainty are
significant determinants of current patterns of sexual risk taking. From a
policy perspective, the results suggest that reducing poverty and improving
social insurance as well as reducing the taboo related to talking about HIV
may constitute important issues to be addressed.
Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Health risk; Risk aversion; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: D81; D84; D91; I10; (follow links to similar papers)
39 pages, April 30, 2010
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