Health risk information, social stigma and demand for condoms: experimental evidence from Ghana
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp808.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp808.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Health risk information, social stigma and demand for condoms: experimental evidence from Ghana
Original language description
I investigate two potential barriers that may limit demand for condoms: inadequate information about health risks and fear of social stigma associated with condom purchases. Using a randomized experiment, I test whether providing information about (i) health risks and (ii) peers’ views regarding the social appropriateness of condom purchase can increase condom demand among young adults in Ghana. I find that providing health risk information led to a 32% increase in demand. In contrast, providing additional information about peers’ views regarding the social appropriateness of condom purchase had no meaningful effect on condom demand. Moreover, the effect of health risk information on condom demand is persistent. Interestingly, even though I document persistent effects of health risk information on condom demand, I find that information has temporary effects on perceptions about the appropriateness of using condoms. These results suggest that targeted information can durably shift health behavior even when underlying perceptions remain slow to change.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LL2303" target="_blank" >LL2303: Discrimination, the Desire to Harm and the Role of Hardship</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů