Sexual behavior, pregnancy, and schooling among young people in Urban South Africa

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-368

  Marteleto, Letícia ^a   Lam, David ^a   Ranchhod, Vimal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; URBAN AREA; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT DROPOUTS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 57049187313     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00180.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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