Lifting the curtain on the conditions of sexual initiation among youth in Ethiopia

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 614-620

  Lindstrom, David P ^a   Hattori, Megan Klein ^a   Belachew, Tefera ^b   Tessema, Fasil ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Initiation of sexual intercourse; Nonverbal response card; Sexual coercion; Social desirability bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; COERCION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RAPE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861580580     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.10.253     Document Type: Article

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