Surveying sexual orientation: Asking difficult questions and providing useful answers

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-141

  Purdam, Kingsley ^a   Wilson, Angelia R ^a   Afkhami, Reza ^a   Olsen, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equality; Evidence; Sexual orientation; Survey data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BISEXUALITY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 39049089909     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050701594758     Document Type: Article

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