Internal migration and health: Premarital sexual initiation in Nigeria

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1284-1293

  Mberu, Blessing Uchenna ^a   White, Michael J ^b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic origin; Internal migration; Nigerian youth; Sexual initiation; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; INTERNAL MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MALE; MIGRATION; NIGERIA; PREMARITAL SEXUAL INITIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 79954659690     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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