Journal article

Men's condom use in higher-risk sex: Trends in five sub-Saharan African countries

T Adair

Journal of Population Research | Published : 2008

Abstract

This paper analyses trends in men's condom use at last higher-risk sex (i.e., with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner) using the two most recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in five sub-Saharan African countries: Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Burkina Faso. Condom use is an important method of preventing HIV transmission. Encouragingly, higher-risk sex has declined in four of the five countries, while condom use rose substantially in Cameroon, Tanzania and Burkina Faso but only had a minor increase in Kenya and Zambia, where use at last higher-risk sex remains below 50 per cent. There are no clear patterns of change across countries in the predictive strength of the explana..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This paper was written when the author was HIV/AIDS Postdoctoral Fellow at MEASURE DHS, Macro International Inc., Calverton MD, USA. The research was carried out with support provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the MEASURE DHS project (#GPO-C-00-03-00002-00). The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.