The Role of Parent Religiosity in Teens' Transitions to Sex and Contraception

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 578-587

  Manlove, Jennifer S ^a   Terry Humen, Elizabeth ^a   Ikramullah, Erum N ^a   Moore, Kristin A ^a  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Family; Religion; Sexual experience; Transition to sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTRACEPTION; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND SEX; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33748580398     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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