Girls' schooling and the perceived threat of adolescent sexual activity in rural Malawi

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-86

  Grant, Monica J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; Malawi; parental attitudes; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 84859135552     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.624641     Document Type: Article

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