Influences on adolescents' decision to postpone onset of sexual intercourse: A survival analysis of virginity among youths aged 13 to 18 years

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-48

  Lammers, Cristina ^a   Ireland, Marjorie ^a   Resnick, Michael ^a   Blum, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Sexual activity; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FIRST INTERCOURSE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIRGINITY; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033988642     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(99)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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