Background: In 2012, over six million people were living with HIV in South Africa of whom 14% were females aged 15-24. Young women are at an increased risk of HIV infection through sexual relationships with older men. In this paper we estimate the prevalence of age disparate sex (ADS) among young women in South Africa and factors associated with ADS.
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