Correlates of premarital relationships among unmarried youth in Pune District, Maharashtra, India

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 150-159

  Alexander, Mallika ^a   Garda, Laila ^a   Kanade, Savita ^a   Jejeebhoy, Shireen ^b   Ganatra, Bela ^c  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^c IPAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38349188134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3315007     Document Type: Article

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