Sociocultural contexts of time to first sex among Hispanic adolescents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1158-1169

  Upchurch, Dawn M ^a,b   Aneshensel, Carol S ^a,b   Mudgal, Jyoti ^a,b   McNeely, Clea Sucoff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Hispanic adolescents; Sexual activity; Social and cultural contexts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035511543     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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