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Susan Watkins
California Center for Population Research
Institute for Social Science Research
4284 Public Policy Building
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1484, U.S.A
Phone: (310) 267-5547
Email:
Webpage: www.malawi.pop.upenn.edu

Research:
I direct an ongoing project on the role of social networks in responses to the AIDS epidemic in rural Malawi. The study focuses on relationships of network partners, but includes family relationships as well.

Selected Publications

Watkins, S. C., Kohler, S. C. and Behrman, J. R. 2007. "Social Networks and HIV/AIDS Risk Perceptions". Demography 44(1):1-33.

Watkins, S. C., and Tawfik, L. 2007. "Sex in Geneva, Sex in Lilongwe, Sex in Balaka". Social Science & Medicine. 64(5):1090-1101.

Watkins, S. C. 2006. Sex without Birth or Death: A Comparison of Two International Humanitarian Movements. In Social Information Transmission and Human Biology. J.Wells, S. Strickland, & K.Laland,(eds.) pp. 205-221.

Watkins, S. C. and Cleland, J. 2006. "The Key Lesson of Family Planning Programmes For HIV/AIDS Control". AIDS 20:1-3

Watkins, S. C. 2004. "Navigating the AIDS Epidemic in Rural Malawi." Population and Development Review. 30(4): 603-705.

Watkins, S. C.,Zulu, E., Kohler, H. P. and Behrman, J. 2003. "Introduction to Social Interactions and HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi." Demographic Research, Special Collection #1.

Watkins, S. C., Behrman, J. and Kohler, H. P. 2002. "Social Networks and Changes in Contraceptive Use over Time: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Rural Kenya." Demography, 39(4): 713-737

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