In full swing? how do pendulum migrant labourers in vietnam adjust their sexual perspectives to their rural-urban lives?

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1193-1206

  Nguyen, Huong Ngoc ^a   Hardesty, Melissa ^b   Hong, Khuat Thu ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Institute for Social Development Studies   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Migrant labour; Rural to urban migrants; Sexual behaviour; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIET NAM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARRIAGE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VIETNAM;

EID: 80053482047     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.609909     Document Type: Article

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