Prevalence and predictors of sexual inexperience in adulthood

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-230

  Haydon, Abigail A ^a   Cheng, Mariah M ^b   Herring, Amy H ^b,c   McRee, Annie Laurie ^d   Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^b,c  

^a FrameWorks Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Add Health; Asexuality; Virginity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892673542     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-013-0164-3     Document Type: Article

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