Table 1. Model Key Parameters.
Parameter | Swaziland | Tanzania | Cameroon | ||
Demographic | 15–-24 Population | Growth Rate | 14.18% | 13.56% | 11.71% |
15–-49 Population | (In Thousands) | 582 | 16,220 | 7,708 | |
Sample Weights | 71 | 1,521 | 790 | ||
Sample Sizes | 8,187 | 10,747 | 9,751 | ||
Economics | Employment rates: | Age [15–-19] | Reference | ||
Estimated | Age [20–-24] | 1.538 | 1.339 | 1.299 | |
Coefficients from the | Age [25–-29] | 2.378 | 2.284 | 2.025 | |
Logit Model | Age [30–-34] | 2.649 | 2.514 | 2.618 | |
Age [35] –[39] | 2.836 | 2.702 | 2.929 | ||
Age [40] –[44] | 2.696 | 2.934 | 3.094 | ||
Age [45] –[49] | 2.691 | 2.677 | 2.977 | ||
Woman | −0.7567 | -0.369 | −0.596 | ||
Intercept | −1.580 | 0.196 | −0.663 | ||
Absenteeism Rates | HIV − | 100% | |||
HIV+ | 100% | ||||
HIV++ w/ ART | 95% | ||||
HIV++ w/o ART | 75% | ||||
GDP at Market Price | In billions USD | 2.648 | 11.351 | 15.775 | |
Annual Avg. Wage | Per Worker | $10,381 | $870 | $3,223 | |
Epidemiology | τ (ART need; 2006 Guidelines ) | 31.05% | 30.00% | 29.91% | |
TC (ART coverage; 2006 Guidelines ) | T0 (Initial Stage) | 42.37% | 0.71% | 8.75% | |
T0-T1 | Unknown | 16% | 18% | ||
T1 (First Period) | Unknown | 31% | 26% | ||
α (HIV history) | 0.1 | ||||
v (HIV+ Mortality Gap) | 0.005 | ||||
u (HIV++ Mortality Gap) | 0.2 for S1 & S2a ; 0.1 for S2b | ||||
γ ( HIV Diffusion Parameter) | 0.518 | 0.388 | 0.511 | ||
ϕ (Prevention Parameter) | 0 for S1 & S2a ; 0.7 for S2b | ||||
β (Transition Booster) | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.30 | ||
ψ (Transition Restrainer) | 0.7 for asymptomatic patients ; 1 otherwise |