Risk for coerced sex among female youth in ghana: Roles of family context, School enrollment and relationship experience

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 184-195

  Bingenheimer, Jeffrey B ^a   Reed, Elizabeth ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

GHANA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COERCION; COITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920994702     PISSN: 19440391     EISSN: 19440405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4018414     Document Type: Article

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