The changing impact of religion on the sexual and contraceptive behavior of adolescent women in the United States

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 493-504

  Brewster, Karin L ^a   Cooksey, Elizabeth C ^b   Guilkey, David K ^c   Rindfuss, Ronald R ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Religion; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012474733     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353864     Document Type: Article

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