Community-level gender equity and extramarital sexual risk-taking among married men in eight African countries

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 178-188

  Stephenson, Rob ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EQUITY; FAMILY PLANNING; GENDER ROLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA;

EID: 78751564071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3617810     Document Type: Article

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