The effect of school status and academic skills on the reporting of premarital sexual behavior: Evidence from a longitudinal study in rural Malawi

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-234

  Soler Hampejsek, Erica ^a   Grant, Monica J ^b   Mensch, Barbara S ^a   Hewett, Paul C ^c   Rankin, Johanna ^d  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACASI; Adolescents; Education; Inconsistency; Literacy; Longitudinal data; Malawi; Numeracy; Schooling; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PREMARITAL SEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACASI; ADOLESCENTS; EDUCATION; INCONSISTENCY; LITERACY; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MALAWI; NUMERACY; SCHOOLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880737285     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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