Associations between premarital sex and leaving school in four Sub-Saharan African Countries

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-350

  Biddlecom, Ann ^a   Gregory, Richard ^b   Lloyd, Cynthia B ^b   Mensch, Barbara S ^b  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; EAST AFRICA; GHANA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 57049178549     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00179.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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