Early Age at First Intercourse and Subsequent Gaps in Contraceptive Use
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Gender, relationship type and contraceptive use at first intercourse.
BACKGROUND Most of the sexually transmitted infection prevention programs fail to attend to the relationship type of individuals at first sexual intercourse and how it influences contraceptive behavior. STUDY DESIGN A national sample of adolescents (3084 females and 2745 for males) was analyzed to determine the associations between relationship types (committed, going steady and casual), use ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Women's Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1540-9996,1931-843X
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.2893