Understanding teenage pregnancy in a post-apartheid South African township

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-358

  Mkhwanazi, Nolwazi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Sexuality; South Africa; Teenage pregnancy; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951010481     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050903491779     Document Type: Article

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