The determinants of sexual intercourse before age 16

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 136-147

  Paul, Charlotte ^a   Fitzjohn, Julie ^b   Herbison, Peter ^b   Dickson, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coitus; Decision making; Gender differences; New Zealand; Sex behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FIRST INTERCOURSE--DETERMINANTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; STUDIES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033931396     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(99)00095-6     Document Type: Article

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