Nature, nurture and first sexual intercourse in the USA: Fitting behavioural genetic models to NLSY kinship data

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-41

  Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^a   Rowe, David C ^b   Buster, Maury ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; COITUS; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032920091     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932099000292     Document Type: Article

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