If your husband calls, you have to go: Understanding sexual agency among young married women in urban South India

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Pande, Rohini Prabha ^a   Falle, Tina Y ^b   Rathod, Sujit ^c   Edmeades, Jeffrey ^d   Krishnan, Suneeta ^e,f  

^a Code 1250 ^*  (United States)

^b CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

communication; sex education; women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BIRTH CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251607969     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10025     Document Type: Article

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