Research Paper for Sociology
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EAST-WEST CENTER WORKING PAPERS
Population Series
No. 108-14, November 2001
Sex and Marriage: How Closely are they Related in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand
Minja Kim Choe, Hui-Sheng Lin, Chai Podhisita, and Corazon Raymundo
Minja Kim Choe is a Senior Fellow with the East-West Center 's Research Program, Population and Health Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. Hui-Sheng Lin is the Deputy Director, Taiwan National Institute of Family Planning, Taichung, Taiwan. Chai Podhisita is with the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand. Corazon M. Raymundo is with the Population Institute, University of the Philippines. East-West Center Working Papers: Population Series are an unreviewed and unedited prepublication series reporting on research in progress. Please direct orders and requests to the East-West Center 's Publication Sales Office. The price for Working Papers is $3.00 each plus postage. For surface mail, add $3.00 for the first title plus $0.75 for each additional title or copy sent in the same shipment. For airmail within the U.S. and its territories, add $4.00 for the first title plus $0.75 for each additional title or copy in the same shipment. For
EAST-WEST CENTER WORKING PAPERS
Population Series
No. 108-14, November 2001
Sex and Marriage: How Closely are they Related in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand
Minja Kim Choe, Hui-Sheng Lin, Chai Podhisita, and Corazon Raymundo
Minja Kim Choe is a Senior Fellow with the East-West Center 's Research Program, Population and Health Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. Hui-Sheng Lin is the Deputy Director, Taiwan National Institute of Family Planning, Taichung, Taiwan. Chai Podhisita is with the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand. Corazon M. Raymundo is with the Population Institute, University of the Philippines. East-West Center Working Papers: Population Series are an unreviewed and unedited prepublication series reporting on research in progress. Please direct orders and requests to the East-West Center 's Publication Sales Office. The price for Working Papers is $3.00 each plus postage. For surface mail, add $3.00 for the first title plus $0.75 for each additional title or copy sent in the same shipment. For airmail within the U.S. and its territories, add $4.00 for the first title plus $0.75 for each additional title or copy in the same shipment. For
References: Table 8. Among Thai young men aged 15-24 who ever had sex and first sexual partner was non-marital, percentages who used a contraceptive method at their first sex by the type of partner of their first sex, FAYS, 1994. Men Girl/Boy friend Others 33 48 17