Adolescent females: Their sexual partners and the fathers of their children

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-84

  Elo, Irma T ^a   King, Rosalind Berkowitz ^a   Furstenberg Jr , Frank F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Sexual coercion; Statutory rape; Teen childbearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074687     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353884     Document Type: Article

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