Gender and ethnic differences in the timing of first sexual intercourse

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 121-127

  Upchurch, Dawn M ^a   Levy Storms, Lené ^a   Sucoff, Clea A ^b   Aneshensel, Carol S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FIRST INTERCOURSE; GENDER ISSUES; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; COITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745130444     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991625     Document Type: Article

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