| HIV prevalence gap components |
Malawi |
Tanzania |
Zambia |
| Overall Prevalence Gender Gap |
5.8% |
2.8% |
6.8% |
| Component 1 |
15.5% (not significant overall) |
-17.9% (not significant overall) |
-22% (significant overall) |
| Characteristics (endowment) |
1. Fewer women complete primary education
2. More women have an older partner |
1. More women live in urban environments
2. Fewer women complete primary education
3. More women have an older partner |
1. More women live in urban environments
2. Women have less wealth than men |
| Component 2 |
50% (significant overall) |
121.5% (significant overall) |
45.5% (not significant overall) |
| Level of risk factors (coefficients) |
1. Age is riskier for women
2. Urban environments are riskier for women |
1. Age is riskier for women
2. Urban environments are riskier for women |
1. Age is riskier for women
2. Urban environments are riskier for women |
| Component 3 |
34.5% (not significant overall) |
-3.6% (not significant overall) |
76.5% (significant overall) |
| Unexplained (interactions) |
1. Having multiple partners explains some of the added risk for women |
1. Having multiple partners explains some of the added risk for women
2. Urban environments explain some of the added risk for women |
1. Having multiple partners explains some of the added risk for women
2. Urban environments hints at added risk for men |