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Behold, a Virgin is with HIV!: Misreporting Sexual Behaviour Among Infected Adolescents

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  • Vidhura Tennekoon
  • Robert Rosenman

    (School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University)

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In four Southern African countries where the HIV prevalence rate is among the highest in the world, 46% of female and 68% of male adolescents infected with HIV report having never engaged in sex. This finding indicates either the dominance of non-sexual modes of HIV transmission or systematic misreporting of sexual behavior in these countries. We use a structural model to estimate the extent of misreporting and find that the true percentages of virgins among the HIV infected adolescent females and males are 23% and 62% respectively. Despite misreporting, sexual modes are not the dominant mode of HIV transmission.

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  • Vidhura Tennekoon & Robert Rosenman, 2011. "Behold, a Virgin is with HIV!: Misreporting Sexual Behaviour Among Infected Adolescents," Working Papers 2011-8, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsu:wpaper:rosenman-12
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    1. Suziedelyte, Agne & Johar, Meliyanni, 2013. "Can you trust survey responses? Evidence using objective health measures," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 121(2), pages 163-166.

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    JEL classification:

    • C39 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Other
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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