Not so great expectations: Sex and housewives in Hong Kong

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-349

  Ying Ho, Petula Sik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; EMOTIONALITY; EROTISM; EXPECTATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LEISURE; LIBIDO; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; MENOPAUSE; ORGASM; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBIDO; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 63449133023     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490802398340     Document Type: Article

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