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This study investigates how HIV/AIDS affects the likelihood of pregnancy among women educators in South Africa.

May 25, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility: historical evidence from South Africa's women educators

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This study investigates how HIV/AIDS affects the likelihood of pregnancy among women educators in South Africa.
Analyzed data from a representative sample of public school educators in South Africa from 2004.
Used multivariate logistic regression to control for confounding factors.
Focused on HIV positive and negative women educators aged 18-34.
HIV positive women educators aged 18-34 had higher odds of being pregnant in the last 12 months than HIV negative counterparts.
No evidence was found that HIV positive women were less likely to become pregnant compared to their HIV negative peers.

Abstract

The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a public health challenge. Globally, South Africa ranks second in HIV prevalence and has the second lowest fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa. The effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility is contentious, although it is often assumed in population projections that HIV/AIDS reduces fertility. This study examines the effect of HIV/AIDS on the probability of getting pregnant among South Africa's educators controlling for con founders. The data consisted of a representative sample of educators in public schools in South Africa in 2004. Statistical analysis utilized multivariate logistic regression. Controlling for con founders, HIV positive women educators aged 18-34 had higher odds of being pregnant in the preceding 12 months compared with HIV negative women educators in the same age group. There was no evidence from this study that HIV positive women were less likely to be pregnant than HIV negative women.

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