Commercial sex work or Ukuphanda? Sex-for-money exchange in Soweto and Hammanskraal area, South Africa

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-370

  Wojcicki, Janet Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal sex work; South Africa; Survival sex; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038192236     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021291922026     Document Type: Article

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