The timing of sexual intercourse among adolescents family, peer, and other antecedents

Youth and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-83

  Miller, Brent C ^c   Norton, Maria C ^c   Curtis, Thom ^a   Hill, E Jeffrey ^b   Schvaneveldt, Paul ^d   Young, Margaret H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031232082     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X97029001003     Document Type: Article

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