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Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DOBO88
 
Creator Dupas, Pascaline
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description We use a randomized experiment to test whether and what information changes teenagers' sexual behavior in Kenya. Providing information on the relative risk of HIV infection by partner's age led to a 28 percent decrease in teen pregnancy, an objective proxy for the incidence of unprotected sex. Self-reported sexual behavior data suggests substitution away from older (riskier) partners and toward same-age partners. In contrast, the official abstinence-only HIV curriculum had no impact on teen pregnancy. These results suggest that teenagers are responsive to risk information, but their sexual behavior is more elastic on the intensive than on the extensive margin.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Health
HIV
Education
Risk
Teenagers
Sugar Daddies
 
Language English
 
Contributor Research Support, Innovations for Poverty Action
 
Relation https://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/app.3.1.1
 
Type Survey Data