Extramarital sex: Prevalence and correlates in a national survey

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-174

  Wiederman, Michael W ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030968876     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499709551881     Document Type: Article

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