Determinants of Zambian men's extra-marital sex: A multi-level analysis

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-529

  Benefo, Kofi D ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra marital sex; HIV AIDS; Multilevel analysis; Sub Saharan Africa; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 45849101726     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9243-7     Document Type: Article

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