Polygyny and HIV in Malawi
Reniers, G.; Tfaily, R.
Demographic Research 19(53): 1811-1830
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1435-9871 PMID: 21949484 Document Number: 200107
We review the relationship between polygyny and HIV and identify a positive individual-level correlation, and a negative ecological correlation. We subsequently examine two mechanisms that contribute to the individual-level correlation. First, we find that men in polygynous marriages have more extramarital sex than men in monogamous unions (both in terms of self reports and in terms of spousal reports of the suspicion of adultery).