Attitudes toward nonmarital sex in 24 countries

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 349-358

  Widmer, Eric D ^a   Treas, Judith ^a   Newcomb, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031797631     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499809551953     Document Type: Article

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