Can prostitutes marry? Thai attitudes toward female sex workers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-267

  Peracca, Sara ^a   Knodel, John ^a   Saengtienchai, Chanpen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Commercial sex; Marriage; Prostitution; Thai values; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THAILAND;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREJUDICE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THAILAND;

EID: 0031833566     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00089-6     Document Type: Article

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