Everybody's doin' it (right?): Neighborhood norms and sexual activity in adolescence

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1676-1690

  Warner, Tara D ^a   Giordano, Peggy C ^a   Manning, Wendy D ^a   Longmore, Monica A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Disadvantage; Neighborhoods; Norms; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053214798     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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