"This paper examines the effect of AIDS-related mortality of the prime-age adult population on marriage behavior among … women in Malawi. A rise in prime-age adult mortality increases risks associated with the search for a marriage partner in … the marriage market. A possible behavioral change in the marriage market in response to an increase in prime-age adult …

their human capital in the future, more education implies earlier marriage, given that the marriage institution effectively … decreases the HIV-related mortality risk. On the other hand, education increases the opportunity costs of marriage especially …"The institution of marriage plays some role in determining one's risk of exposure to HIV. Since the transmission of …

household survey collected information on a large number of topics, such as education, nature of employment, sources of income …