Socio-economic inequality and HIV in South Africa

Socio-economic inequality and HIV in South Africa

BACKGROUND The linkage between the socio-economic inequality and HIV outcomes was analysed using data from a population-based household survey that employed multistage-stratified sampling. The goal is to help refocus attention on how HIV is linked to inequalities. METHODS A socio-economic index (SEI) score, derived using Multiple Correspondence Analysis of measures of ownership of durable ass...

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Socio-Economic Inequality and Mental Health in Tehran, Iran

  Background and Objectives: Understanding and analyzing the socio-economic factors affecting mental health is important for mental health policy-making in metropolitan areas. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between socio-economic factors and mental health of households living in Tehran.   Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 6...

Modelling the Socio-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

HIV/AIDS is a key concern in South Africa. However, its impact cannot be examined in isolation of other stresses, such as food insecurity, high climate variability, market fluctuations, and poor governance. In this paper, we present an agent-based simulation model of the social impacts of HIV/AIDS in villages in the Vhembe district, Limpopo Province, South Africa. It has been developed in the c...

Education , Socio - Economic Inequality , and Economic Development

Section II presents the empirical results of this study. While the underlying econometric model follows the standard ‘new growth’ literature procedure of regression analysis in a cross-section of countries, it goes beyond the existing studies in drawing on a data set including proxies for technical progress and educational attainment as well as devoting special attention to different levels of ...