Neighborhood context and sexual behaviors among adolescents: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-134

  Cubbin, Catherine ^a   Santelli, John ^c   Brindis, Claire D ^b   Braveman, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27644495968     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3712505     Document Type: Review

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