Interdependence between sexual debut and church attendance in Italy

Demographic Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 453-477

  Caltabiano, Marcantonio ^a   Zuanna, Gianpiero Dalla ^a   Rosina, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

College students; Italy; Religion; Sexual debut; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744550962     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.19     Document Type: Article

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