Asian American adolescents' first sexual intercourse: Gender and acculturation differences

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-36

  Hahm, Hyeouk Chris ^a   Lahiff, Maureen ^b   Barreto, Rose M ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN AMERICANS; COITUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645235854     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 15386341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3802806     Document Type: Article

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