Sex, contraception and childbearing among high-risk youth: Do different factors influence males and females?

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 163-169

  Kowaleski Jones, Lori ^a   Mott, Frank L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNAWAY REACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745152376     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991677     Document Type: Article

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