Relevance of Education and Intelligence at the National Level for Health: The Case of HIV and AIDS

Autor/inn/en	Rindermann, Heiner; Meisenberg, Gerhard
Titel	Relevance of Education and Intelligence at the National Level for Health: The Case of HIV and AIDS
Quelle	In: Intelligence, 37 (2009) 4, S.383-395 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-2896
DOI	10.1016/j.intell.2009.03.005
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Intelligence; Muslims; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Ability; At Risk Persons; Religious Factors; Health Behavior; Correlation; Developing Nations; Educational Attainment; Economic Factors; Government Role; Public Education; Health Promotion; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Muslim; Muslimin; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Ausland; Denkfähigkeit; Risikogruppe; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Korrelation; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ökonomischer Faktor; Öffentliche Erziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Afrika
Abstract	Studies at the individual level have shown a negative effect of education and intelligence on risky behavior. The same has been demonstrated for risky sexual behavior and for HIV-infection rates in sub-Saharan Africa. In path analyses at the country data level, cognitive abilities (seen as depending on education) show a strong negative effect on HIV-infection rates, whereas gross domestic product and modernization each has a small positive effect. A higher proportion of Muslims in the population reduces the HIV-infection rate. Explanations for the effect of intelligence include a better understanding of causal relationships between one's behavior and health, greater awareness of future consequences, indirect intelligence effects, a general rationality effect, a civic embeddedness effect, and more competent management of the problem by governments, e.g. through public education programs about HIV transmission and AIDS. (Contains 1 table and 8 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10