Title: Household composition and the HIV-1 epidemic in a rural Ugandan population.

POPLINE Document Number: 127799

Author(s):

Nakiyingi JS
Malamba SS
Kamali A
Carpenter LM
Nunn AJ
Whitworth JA

Source citation:

In: The socio-demographic impact of AIDS in Africa. Based on the conference organized by the Committee on AIDS of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 3-6 February 1997. Papers. Liege, Belgium, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP], 1997. :18 p.

Abstract:

The authors examined the nature of changes which have occurred in different household structures during the HIV epidemic in rural Rakai District of southwestern Uganda, and which structures have been the most affected by the HIV epidemic. The approximately 10,000 inhabitants spread over 15 neighboring villages were enrolled in 1989/90 and followed annually. A household is a group of people who normally live and eat together, while the head of household owns the house, but is not necessarily the main income earner. An average of 1979 households were sampled per round, of which 26% were female-headed. The average household was comprised of 5.14 persons. 10 household structures were identified in the study area. The study identified a significant increase in the three extended household structures, while the proportion of monogamous households without children decreased significantly. There was no significant change over time in the proportion of female-headed households nor in dependency ratios either overall or for the different household structures. Despite high HIV prevalence, households headed by children remain very rare in the area. Male heads of monogamous households without children and male-headed disrupted households are at increased risk of HIV infection. The HIV prevalence among heads of households at greatest risk did not increase significantly over the study period.

Keywords:

Uganda
Research Report
Rural Population
HIV Infections
AIDS
Households
Head of Household
Epidemics
Developing Countries
Africa, Eastern
Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Family and Household