Social multipliers in sexual initiation descisions among U.S. high school students

Demography

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 373-388

  Fletcher, Jason M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43249139362     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0009     Document Type: Article

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