The reliability of sexual partnership histories: Implications for the measurement of partnership concurrency during surveys

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-511

  Helleringer, Stéphane ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter ^b   Kalilani Phiri, Linda ^c   Mkandawire, James ^c   Armbruster, Benjamin ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV transmission; Malawi; partnership concurrency; sexual behaviors; sexual networks; survey data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951517536     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283434485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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