ABSTRACT

We examine the effects of HIV-infection on school attendance in Zimbabwe using recent nationally representative data of 11,673 children aged 6–18 years. We employ a non-linear multivariate decomposition approach to examine how HIV affects gender gaps in school attendance. We find gaps in school attendance between HIV-positive boys and girls and between HIV-negative and positive girls. About 44% of the attendance gap in both cohorts is attributed to differences in observable characteristics. About 56% of this gap is attributed to differences in the effects of these characteristics. The results indicate that HIV mainly affects girls’ school attendance.

摘要

我们使用最近 11,673 名 6-18 岁儿童的全国代表性数据研究了 HIV 感染对津巴布韦学校出勤率的影响。我们采用非线性多元分解方法来研究艾滋病毒如何影响就学方面的性别差距。我们发现 HIV 阳性男孩和女孩之间以及 HIV 阴性和阳性女孩之间的就学率存在差距。两个队列中约 44% 的出勤率差距归因于可观察特征的差异。大约 56% 的差距归因于这些特征的影响差异。结果表明，艾滋病毒主要影响女童的入学率。