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Kin and Youths in the Social Networks of Youth-Headed Households in Namibia
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Ruiz-Casares, Monica – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2010
In settings highly affected by HIV/AIDS, households headed by children may result from strained family relations, poverty, and stigma associated with the disease. Understanding local systems and dynamics of support is essential to planning comprehensive models of care. This study measured size and composition of the support and conflict networks…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries, Social Networks