Clark Shelley, Poulin Michelle, Kohler Hans-Peter
McGill University, Stephen Leacock Building, Room 713, 855 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T7 (
J Marriage Fam. 2009 May 1;71(2):396-416. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00607.x.
We explore how marital aspirations are related to the sexual behaviors of adolescents and young adults in Malawi, where HIV/AIDS prevalence among adults exceeds 10%. We also consider whether the specter of AIDS is shaping ideals about marriage. By combining survey data (N = 1,087) and in-depth interviews (N = 133) with young Malawians from the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project, we show that looking for and finding a suitable spouse are linked to sexual behaviors and, thus, HIV risks. Moreover, concerns about contracting HIV are closely tied to the ideal characteristics of a future spouse. Our findings draw long-overdue attention to the importance of marital aspirations in understanding adolescent sexual behaviors and risks in the era of AIDS.
我们探究了在马拉维，婚姻期望如何与青少年及青年的性行为相关联，该国成年人中的艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染率超过10%。我们还思考了艾滋病的幽灵是否正在塑造有关婚姻的理想观念。通过将来自马拉维传播与观念转变项目的调查数据（N = 1,087）和深度访谈（N = 133）与马拉维年轻人相结合，我们发现寻找并找到合适的配偶与性行为相关，进而与感染艾滋病毒的风险相关。此外，对感染艾滋病毒的担忧与未来配偶的理想特征紧密相连。我们的研究结果让人们长期以来应给予的关注得以实现，即婚姻期望在理解艾滋病时代青少年性行为及风险方面的重要性。
