Adolescent life events and their association with the onset of sexual intercourse

Youth & Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 3-23

  Dorius, Guy L ^a   Heaton, Tim B ^a   Steffen, Patrick ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COITUS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RESEARCH; FAMILY SIZE; FIRST INTERCOURSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION AT RISK; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDIES; SURVEYS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RESEARCH; FIRST INTERCOURSE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AT RISK; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; COITUS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027671182     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X93025001001     Document Type: Article

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