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ERIC Number: EJ551125
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0273-446X
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Sexual Behavior and Perceptions of Young Women in a Rural Southwest School.
Duryea, Elias J.; Mesrian, Parvin; Semark, Larry; West, Carolyn
Rural Educator, v19 n1 p7-12 Fall 1997
Risk factors associated with teenage pregnancy were studied among 95 Hispanic, Native American, and White ninth-grade females at a rural New Mexico high school. All respondents, regardless of ethnicity, reported moderate levels of health-compromising behaviors such as alcohol use, poor communication with parents regarding sex, and a false sense of sexual invulnerability. Contains 25 references. (LP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Females, Grade 9, High School Students, High Schools, Hispanic Americans, Parent Child Relationship, Pregnancy, Risk, Rural Youth, Sexuality, Student Attitudes, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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