Risky sexual behaviour among unmarried young people in cameroon: Another look at family environment

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-153

  Dimbuene, Zacharie Tsala ^a   Defo, Barthelemy Kuate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAMEROON; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952264853     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000635     Document Type: Article

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