Young and Sexual in Norway and Croatia: Revisiting the Scandinavian vs. Mediterranean Gendered Pattern of Sexual Initiation

This article describes and analyzes patterns of first sexual intercourse and contraception use from a bicultural perspective. Study results are based on a 2009–2010 large-scale national probability survey of young adults aged 18 to 24 years in Croatia (n = 1, 005) and Norway (n = 871). The findings...

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Matična publikacija: International Journal of Sexual Health
23 (2011), 3 ; str. 196-209
Glavni autori: Traen, Bente (-), Landripet, Ivan (Author), Štulhofer, Aleksandar
Vrsta građe: Članak
Jezik: eng
Online pristup: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19317611.2011.574786
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