Sexual Behaviour of Men and Women within Age-Disparate Partnerships in South Africa: Implications for Young Women's HIV Risk.

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Published in PLoS One on August 15, 2016

Authors

Brendan Maughan-Brown1, Meredith Evans2, Gavin George3

Author Affiliations

1: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), Department of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
2: The Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
3: Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

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