AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Activity among Flemish Secondary School Students: the Effects of Type of Education

Using data from the Flemish Educational Assessment survey, this paper examines how AIDS knowledge and sexual activity co-vary among Flemish secondary school students, and how they are affected by education type. Results indicate that type of education affects both an adolescent´s onset of sexuality and his/her AIDS knowledge, and these effects prove robust for differences in socio-economic backgrounds. Students in lower status education types are more likely to be sexually active and to have poorer AIDS knowledge. The relationship between AIDS knowledge and sexual activity is, however, more co... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van Rossem, Ronan
Berten, Hans
Van Tuyckom, Charlotte
Dokumenttyp: conference
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Schlagwörter: Social Sciences / AIDS knowledge / educational stratification / sexual activity
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29066017
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/764869