Traditional values of virginity and sexual behaviour in rural Ethiopian youth: Results from a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Molla, Mitike ^a,b   Berhane, Yemane ^b,c   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; LIFESTYLE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 40149106316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-9     Document Type: Article

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