First Sexual Partnerships-Age Differences and Their Significance. Empirical Evidence from the 2000 British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles ('Natsal 2000')

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-95

  Mercer, Catherine H ^a   Wellings, Kaye ^b   Macdowall, Wendy ^b   Copas, Andrew J ^a   McManus, Sally ^c   Erens, Bob ^c   Fenton, Kevin A ^d   Johnson, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33744987390     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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