Developmental Idealism in Malawi
Arland Thornton, P.I.
This study was conducted in 2009-2010 among approximately 1000 urban and 1000 rural circumcised and uncircumcised men in Malawi. Core developmental idealism measures were added to a study designed to assess whether the dissemination of information that circumcision reduces the probability of HIV transmission. Approximately 10 minutes of developmental idealism measures were administered to respondents, and included country development ratings, whether certain family attributes are found in not developed or developed places, beliefs about the impact of development on family change, which types of family behaviors are better, the impact of family change on development, and whether future changes in the Malawi family will be good or bad. Measures from the main survey, (Circumcision, Information, and HIV Prevention, Rebecca Thornton, PI), included sections on information acquisition, marriage and sexual behavior, knowledge and beliefs about AIDS and AIDS transmission, personal health, and circumcision attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors relative to both respondent and his sons, if any.
