You still need to give her a token of appreciation: The meaning of the exchange of money in the sexual relationships of out-of-school adolescents in rural southwest uganda

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 490-503

  Nobelius, Ann Maree ^a   Kalina, Bessie ^b   Pool, Robert ^c   Whitworth, Jimmy ^d   Chesters, Janice ^a   Power, Robert ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Social Science Research Programme   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NOTE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COITUS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956988317     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2010.494776     Document Type: Article

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