Understanding the association between condom use at first and most recent sexual intercourse: An assessment of normative, calculative, and habitual explanations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2080-2084

  Štulhofer, Aleksandar ^a   Baćak, Valerio ^a   Ajduković, Dea ^b   Graham, Cynthia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consistent condom use; Croatia; Habit; Male condoms; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONDOM USE; DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONDOMS; CROATIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

CROATIA;

EID: 77952609575     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.030     Document Type: Article

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