Relationship transitions among youth in Urban Kenya

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-88

  Clark, Shelley ^a   Kabiru, Caroline ^a   Mathur, Rohini ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adolescence; African families; And close relationships; Love; Marriage; Premarital sex; Union formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149088758     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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