ERIC Number: EJ785521
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Feb
Pages: 8
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Educational Attainment and HIV/AIDS Prevalence: A Cross-Country Study
Lakhanpal, Manisha; Ram, Rati
Economics of Education Review, v27 n1 p14-21 Feb 2008
Using data for a large cross-country sample, a reasonable model is estimated to judge the effect of adult educational attainment on prevalence of HIV. Three main points are noted. First, there is an indication of a significantly negative effect of educational attainment on HIV prevalence. Second, magnitude of the impact appears sizable. Third, a simple test suggests that the model does not have any major specification problem. Three additional aspects may also be interesting. First, the impact of per capita income is negative but statistically weak. Second, the effect of health expenditures lacks significance and does not carry the expected sign. Third, the proportion of population that is Muslim has a significantly negative association with HIV prevalence, perhaps reflecting the widely-shared view that male circumcision lowers acquisition of the disease.
Descriptors: Incidence, Educational Attainment, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Communicable Diseases, Muslims, Correlation
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