Reliability of reports of sexual behavior: A study of married couples in rural West Africa

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1194-1200

  Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a   Enel, Catherine ^a   Pison, Gilles ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Sex behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SENEGAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; COITAL FREQUENCY; COUPLES; CURRENTLY MARRIED; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; MARITAL STATUS; MEASUREMENT; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENEGAL; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA COLLECTION; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029040796     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117393     Document Type: Article

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