Adolescents' Sexual Initiation: The Interaction of Race/Ethnicity and Immigrant Status

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-362

  Spence, Naomi J ^a   Brewster, Karin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual intercourse; Immigrant youth; NELS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTICS; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952744688     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-009-9147-4     Document Type: Article

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