Talking about sex: Religion and patterns of parent-child communication about sex and contraception

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-105

  Regnerus, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 17244364773     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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