Prevalence of masturbation and associated factors in a British national probability survey

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-278

  Gerressu, Makeda ^a   Mercer, Catherine H ^a   Graham, Cynthia A ^b   Wellings, Kaye ^c   Johnson, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Masturbation; Sex survey; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTURBATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINA SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASTURBATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41049085217     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9123-6     Document Type: Article

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