Dating violence among school students in Tanzania and South Africa: Prevalence and socio-demographic variations

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 75-86

  Wubs, Annegreet G ^a   Aarø, Leif E ^a,b   Flisher, Alan J ^c   Bastien, Sheri ^d   Onya, Hans E ^e   Kaaya, Sylvia ^f   Mathews, Catherine ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^f MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dating violence; Demography; Parents' education; Religious affiliation; Socioeconomic status; South Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; VICTIM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 66949113314     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808091343     Document Type: Article

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