Are female orphans at risk for early marriage, early sexual debut, and teen pregnancy? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-112

  Palermo, Tia ^a   Peterman, Amber ^b  

^a Ipas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; CHILDBEARING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORPHAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; ORPHANED CHILD; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD, ORPHANED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67049145672     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2009.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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