Nonresponse to a question on self-identified sexual orientation in a public health survey and its relationship to race and ethnicity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-69

  Kim, Hyun Jun ^a   Fredriksen Goldsen, Karen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84872531908     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300835     Document Type: Review

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