“I don't use a condom (with my regular partner) because I know that I'm faithful, but with everyone else I do”: The cultural and socioeconomic determinants of sexual partner concurrency in young South Africans

Sahara J

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Kenyon, Chris ^a   Boulle, Andrew ^b   Badri, Motasim ^b   Asselman, Valerie ^a  

^a GF Jooste Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultural; HIV; Sexual partner concurrency; Socioeconomic; Southern Africa; Structural embeddedness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONDOM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONDOMS; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649407245     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2010.9724967     Document Type: Article

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