Social class, gender and psychosocial predictors for early sexual debut among 16 year olds in Oslo.
Background: Variations in early sexual debut among 16 year olds were investigated by social level variables, parental occupation, gender, ethnicity, family structure, family functioning, and individual level variables, future aspirations, academic and social self-perception, and depressed moods. Met...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 185 - 195 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2005
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