Masculinity scripts and abstinence-related beliefs of rural Nigerian male youth

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-276

  Izugbara, Chimaraoke Otutubikey ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; POPULATION GROUPS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE;

EID: 55249106702     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490802204472     Document Type: Review

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