Same-sex sexual behaviour: US frequency estimates from survey data with simultaneous misreporting and non-response

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 757-769

  Berg, Nathan ^a   Lien, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEY;

EID: 33646343767     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427114     Document Type: Article

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