Parents' support and knowledge of their daughters' lives, and females' early sexual initiation in nine European countries

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-175

  Madkour, Aubrey Spriggs ^a   Farhat, Tilda ^b   Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^c   Gabhainn, Saoirse nic ^d   Godeau, Emmanuelle ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COITUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 84868304434     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4416712     Document Type: Article

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