Transactional sex amongst young people in rural northern Tanzania: An ethnography of young women's motivations and negotiation

Reproductive Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wamoyi, Joyce ^a,b   Wight, Daniel ^c   Plummer, Mary ^a,b,d   Mshana, Gerry Hilary ^a,b   Ross, David ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b African Medical Research Foundation   (Tanzania)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 77951594203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-7-2     Document Type: Article

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