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HIV Prevalence Correlates with High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Ethiopia's Regions

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  • Chris R Kenyon
  • Achilleas Tsoumanis
  • Ilan Steven Schwartz

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Background: HIV prevalence varies between 0.9 and 6.5% in Ethiopia’s eleven regions. Little has been published examining the reasons for this variation. Methods: We evaluated the relationship between HIV prevalence by region and a range of risk factors in the 2005 and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Surveys. Pearson’s correlation was used to assess the relationship between HIV prevalence and each variable. Results: There was a strong association between HIV prevalence and three markers of sexual risk: mean lifetime number of partners (men: r = 0.87; P

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  • Chris R Kenyon & Achilleas Tsoumanis & Ilan Steven Schwartz, 2015. "HIV Prevalence Correlates with High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Ethiopia's Regions," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(10), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0140835
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140835
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