Relationship Commitment and Its Implications for Unprotected Sex Among Impoverished Women Living in Shelters and Low-Income Housing in Los Angeles County

Health Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 644-649

  Tucker, Joan S ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Wenzel, Suzanne L ^a   Hambarsoomian, Katrin ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

condom use; HIV AIDS; impoverished women; relationship commitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MONOGAMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 34748855554     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.5.644     Document Type: Article

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