The effects of ethnicity and perceived power on women's sexual behavior

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 707-723

  Soet, Johanna E ^a   Dudley, William N ^b   Dilorio, Colleen ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; STUDENTS--WOMEN; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BLACKS; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS--WOMEN; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; WHITES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0033236919     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00393.x     Document Type: Article

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