Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wang, Bo ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^b   Kamali, Vafa ^a   Naar King, Sylvie ^b   Shah, Iqbal ^c   Thomas, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHINA; COITUS; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SINGLE PERSON;

EID: 34548489432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-189     Document Type: Article

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