They "miss more than anything their normal life back home": Masculinity and extramarital sex among Mexican migrants in Atlanta

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-32

  Hirsch, Jennifer S ^a   Muñoz Laboy, Miguel ^a   Nyhus, Christina M ^b   Yount, Kathryn M ^c   Bauermeister, José A ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349113643     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4102309     Document Type: Article

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