Sex and school: Adolescent sexual intercourse and education

Social Problems

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-234

  McCarthy, Bill ^a   Grodsky, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual intercourse; Education; Romantic relationships; Sex norms; The life course

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955501760     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2011.58.2.213     Document Type: Article

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