The harmony of family and the silence of women: Sexual attitudes and practices among rural married women in northern Viet Nam

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 163-176

  Ha, Vu Song ^a  

^a Consultation of Investment in Health Promotion ^*  (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Agency; Married women; Sexuality; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIED WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSES; STEREOTYPING; VIETNAM;

EID: 43049105765     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050701805501     Document Type: Article

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