Access to Media and HIV Knowledge in India
This paper aims to better understand the relationship between HIV knowledge and media exposure in India. We use a two-stage hurdle model to estimate the effect of media sources such as newspapers, radios and television on AIDS-related knowledge among Indian men and women using demographic health sur...
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| author | Smriti Agarwal Pedro de Araujo |
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| description | This paper aims to better understand the relationship between HIV knowledge and media exposure in India. We use a two-stage hurdle model to estimate the effect of media sources such as newspapers, radios and television on AIDS-related knowledge among Indian men and women using demographic health survey data. Overall, access to newspapers, radio, or television increases the likelihood of better HIV knowledge in both males and females by an order between 2% and 12%. These findings, albeit quantitatively small, suggest, even if indirectly, possible problems faced by AIDS campaigns and government programs in combating the HIV epidemic in India. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc64e4e27e244c69aae87698baf238de2022-12-22T02:56:42ZengMDPI AGEconomies2227-70992014-06-012212414610.3390/economies2020124economies2020124Access to Media and HIV Knowledge in IndiaSmriti Agarwal0Pedro de Araujo1Royal Bank of Scotland, London, UKColorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USAThis paper aims to better understand the relationship between HIV knowledge and media exposure in India. We use a two-stage hurdle model to estimate the effect of media sources such as newspapers, radios and television on AIDS-related knowledge among Indian men and women using demographic health survey data. Overall, access to newspapers, radio, or television increases the likelihood of better HIV knowledge in both males and females by an order between 2% and 12%. These findings, albeit quantitatively small, suggest, even if indirectly, possible problems faced by AIDS campaigns and government programs in combating the HIV epidemic in India.http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/2/2/124HIV/AIDSordered probitaverage partial effectsIndia |
| spellingShingle | Smriti Agarwal Pedro de Araujo Access to Media and HIV Knowledge in India Economies HIV/AIDS ordered probit average partial effects India |
| title | Access to Media and HIV Knowledge in India |
| title_full | Access to Media and HIV Knowledge in India |
| title_fullStr | Access to Media and HIV Knowledge in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to Media and HIV Knowledge in India |
| title_short | Access to Media and HIV Knowledge in India |
| title_sort | access to media and hiv knowledge in india |
| topic | HIV/AIDS ordered probit average partial effects India |
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