Understanding the demographic characteristics of urban men who have sex with men

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 33-51

  Catania, Joseph A ^a,b   Canchola, Jesse ^a,b   Pollack, Lance ^a,b   Chang, Jason ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Closetedness; Demographics; Family structure; In migration; Sample bias; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLING ERROR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33751314324     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n03_03     Document Type: Article

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