The socioeconomic characteristics of risky sexual behaviour among reproductive-age women in St Petersburg

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-152

  Regushevskaya, E ^a   Dubikaytis, T ^a   Kuznetsova, O ^a   Nikula, M ^b   Hemminki, E ^b  

^a Family Medicine Department   (Russian Federation)

^b National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Reproductive health; Russia; sexual behaviour; socioeconomic characteristics; St Petersburg

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; WOMEN;

EID: 40549139505     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807085291     Document Type: Article

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