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The Demand for Medical Male Circumcision

  • Jobiba Chinkhumba
  • Susan Godlonton
  • Rebecca Thornton
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 6, no. 2, April 2014
(pp. 152-77)
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Abstract

This paper measures the demand for adult medical male circumcision using an experiment that randomly offered varying-priced subsidies and comprehensive information to 1,600 uncircumcised men in urban Malawi. We find low demand for male circumcision: only 3 percent are circumcised over a three month period. Despite the low overall level of take-up, both price and information are significant determinants of circumcision. Still, the main barriers to male circumcision-cultural norms and fear of pain-are not affected by prices or information. Significant demand generation efforts are needed for this HIV prevention strategy to be effective.

Citation

Chinkhumba, Jobiba, Susan Godlonton, and Rebecca Thornton. 2014. "The Demand for Medical Male Circumcision." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6 (2): 152-77. DOI: 10.1257/app.6.2.152

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JEL Classification

  • I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
  • I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
  • O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
  • Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Social and Economic Stratification
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