Social exchange and sexual behavior in young women's premarital relationships in Kenya

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1048-1064

  Luke, Nancy ^a   Goldberg, Rachel E ^a   Mberu, Blessing U ^b   Zulu, Eliya M ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^c African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual behavior; AIDS; Decision making; Social exchange; Transactional sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053307116     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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