title: Does HIV increase the risk of spousal violence in sub-Saharan Africa?
abstract: Although a positive association is found between HIV prevalence and intimate partner violence, a causal interpretation is hard to establish due to the endogeneity of HIV prevalence. Using the distance from the origin of the virus as an instrument, I find that an exogenous increase in HIV prevalence in a cluster has a sizable positive effect on the risk of physical and sexual violence against women within marriage. The results of this study confirm a gender-specific negative externality of the disease and encourage policy efforts to incorporate services for violence against women into existing HIV programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA. Electronic address: chinyo@mst.edu.
authors.forename: Yoo-Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000639:trends*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Distance from the origin of HIV; Gender-mainstreaming; HIV; I18; Intimate partner violence; J12; J17; Sub-Saharan Africa