The Government of Kenya's cash transfer program reduces the risk of sexual debut among young people age 15-25

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Handa, Sudhanshu ^a   Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a   Pettifor, Audrey ^a   Thirumurthy, Harsha ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORPHANAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNPROTECTED SEX; YOUNG ADULT; AGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897856454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085473     Document Type: Article

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