Community Influences on Married Women’s Safer Sex Negotiation Attitudes in Bangladesh: A Multilevel Analysis

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 383-393

  Jesmin, Syeda S ^a   Cready, Cynthia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Community; Safer sex negotiation; Sexually transmitted infections; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POVERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEGOTIATING; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84953431617     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0572-7     Document Type: Article

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