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Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Seiten (von - bis) | 397-438 |
Seitenumfang | 42 |
Fachzeitschrift | Demographic Research |
Jahrgang | 9 |
Ausgabenummer | SUPPL. 1 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 19 Sept. 2003 |
Extern publiziert | Ja |
Abstract
This paper explores the significance of social relationships to two important stages in the process of sexual behavioral change in response to increased HIV/AIDS risk in rural Africa: the perceived risk of becoming HIV-infected through unprotected sexual intercourse and the preferred methods of protection either through sexual fidelity, or through condom use. The empirical analyses are based on cross-sectional data from the Kenya Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (KDICP) which provides information about AIDS-related, ego-centered communication networks of Kenyan men and women. The results show that perceived risks, as well as preferred methods of protection against HIV-infection, depend in general on the prevailing perceptions and favored protective methods within personal communication networks. However, different influential network properties can be found. The risk-perceptions of women are shaped by strong relationships and cohesive network structures. Male's risk perception depends more on the number of risk-perceivers in their communication networks. Heterogeneous relationships of various kinds are influential on women's and men's probability of favoring sexual faithfulness as a method of protection against HIV-infection.
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- Soziologie
- Soziologie
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- Soziologie
- Soziologie
- Empirische Sozialforschung
- SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN
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in: Demographic Research, Jahrgang 9, Nr. SUPPL. 1, 19.09.2003, S. 397-438.
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T1 - Talking about AIDS
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AU - Bühler, Christoph
AU - Kohler, Hans Peter
PY - 2003/9/19
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