Attitudes toward sexual responsibility and parenting: An exploratory study of young urban males

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 280-283

  Gohel, Mira ^a   Diamond, James J ^b   Chambers, Christopher V ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Department of Health   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, MALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ATTITUDE--MEN; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FATHERS; FERTILITY; LOW INCOME POPULATION--MEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FAMILY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PHILADELPHIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 33749285360     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2953418     Document Type: Article

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