Predictors of early first sexual intercourse among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Mathews, Catherine ^a,b   Aarø, Leif Edvard ^c   Flisher, Alan J ^b,c   Mukoma, Wanjiru ^b   Wubs, Annegreet G ^c   Schaalma, Herman ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COITUS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 58549084367     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym079     Document Type: Article

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