Who is the 40-year-old virgin and where did he/she come from? Data from the national survey of family growth

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2154-2161

  Eisenberg, Michael L ^a   Shindel, Alan W ^a   Smith, James F ^a   Lue, Tom F ^a   Walsh, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Sexual Abstinence; Sexual Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; United States

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY SERVICE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349141570     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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