CommentWhy multiple sexual partners?
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The long-term determinants of female HIV infection in Africa: The slave trade, polygyny, and sexual behavior
2019, Journal of Development EconomicsCitation Excerpt :Multiple concurrent partnerships can be explained on biological and economic grounds, but they are also rooted in culture and history. According to Shelton (2009), only a superficial analysis would attribute them to men's “uncontrollable sexual urges” on the one hand, and to the weak economic and cultural position of women in African societies, on the other. Instead, a prominent explanation is female dissatisfaction with primary relationships, due to lack of communication, sexual discontent, physical abuse, or economic issues.
Living with uncertainty
2012, Trends in ParasitologyHIV status in discordant couples in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2010, The Lancet Infectious DiseasesCitation Excerpt :Prevention programmes have focused on both most-at-risk populations9 and HIV-positive individuals.10 Many individuals in stable relationships are infected,11 which has led to growing interest in the role of concurrent relationships in fuelling the epidemic.12–14 Data from the first demographic and health surveys (DHS) to include results from HIV tests suggest that in at least two-thirds of couples in whom at least one of the partners is HIV positive, only one person is infected.15
The concurrency debate: Time to put it to rest
2011, The LancetMultiple sexual partnership among adolescent boys and young men in Ghana: analysis of the 2003–2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
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