Siblings' premarital childbearing and the timing of first sex in three major cities of Côte d'Ivoire

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 54-62

  Diop Sidibé, Nafissatou ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23344442799     PISSN: 01903187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3105405     Document Type: Article

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