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Abstract
Scholars have recently become increasingly interested in the role religion plays in the responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present the Malawi Religion Project (MRP), which provides data to examine the relationship between religion and HIV/AIDS through surveys and in-depth interviews with denominational leaders, congregational leaders, and congregation members in three districts of rural Malawi. In the paper, we outline existing perspectives on the religionHIV/AIDS link, describe the MRP's design, implementation, and subsequent data; provide initial evidence for a series of general research hypotheses; and describe how these data can be used both to extend explorations of these relationships further and as a model for gathering similar data in other contexts. In particular we highlight the unique possibilities this project provides for analyses that link MRP data to the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project. These linked data produce a multi-level data set covering individuals, congregations and their communities, allowing empirical research on religion, HIV/AIDS risk, related behaviors, attitudes, and norms. © 2009 jimi adams & Jenny Trinitapoli.
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Publication Info
Published in Demographic Research, Volume 21, 2009, pages 255-288.
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© 2009 jimi adams & Jenny Trinitapoli. This open-access work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 2.0 Germany, which permits use, reproduction & distribution in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author(s) and source are given credit. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/
APA Citation
Adams, J., & Trinitapoli, J. (2009). The malawi religion project:Data Collection and Selected Analyses. Demographic Research, 21, 255–288.https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.10