Racial differences in sexual and fertility attitudes in an urban setting

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 236-251

  Browning, Christopher R ^a   Burrington, Lori A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual attitudes; Multilevel models; Neighborhood effects; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645166623     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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